Nobody Prepared Me for This Part of New Parenthood | Hannah Bronfman & Brendan Fallis

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

June 11, 2026

Duration

34m

Channel

Good Inside with Dr. Becky

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Hannah Bronfman thought getting pregnant would be easy. She'd spent a decade in wellness, she was healthy, she was young. Then came two and a half years of trying, a miscarriage, failed cycles, and eventually IVF. Ten days after finally giving birth to their son Preston — in the middle of a pandemic — she virtually interviewed Barack Obama. She was wearing an adult diaper. Hannah and her husband Brendan Fallis join Dr. Becky to talk about the parts of new parenthood that don't make the highlights reel: what fertility struggles actually feel like from the inside, the maternal health fears that don't go away even when you have the best care, and the specific kind of panic that hits the moment you leave the hospital with a baby and realize no one is coming with you. They also talk about a parenting philosophy they both arrived at early: their kids were going to live their life, not the other way around. Why that's not selfish. And why it might be one of the best things you can do for a child. Thank you to our partners for making this episode possible:

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🎤 SPEAKERS

• Hannah Bronfman

  guest

  Wellness/fitness entrepreneur and content creator discussing her postpartum and fertility journey.

• Dr. Becky Kennedy

  host

  Clinical psychologist and parenting expert, host of Good Inside (Rattled).

• Brendan Fallis

  guest

  DJ and entrepreneur, speaking as Hannah Bronfman’s partner about new parenthood and family life.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Good Inside with Dr. Becky, featuring Hannah Bronfman and Dr. Becky Kennedy, Nobody Prepared Me for This Part of New Parenthood | Hannah Bronfman & Brendan Fallis explores Bringing your baby into your life—without losing yourself postpartum Hannah and Brendan describe a long, emotionally complex road to parenthood involving infertility treatment, miscarriage, and IVF, and why sharing their story publicly reduced shame for others.

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