To the mama preparing her heart for baby #2

“George ate the effing BLT while I was in the other room feeding the baby. I cried. We have since made amends.”

"They actually were saying that [Kailowa] was going to be born on that day," Nauzhae recalled. 

“I’ve been doing full episodes for her, just as myself!”

But in the heart of Lilo & Stitch lives one of Disney’s most powerful portrayals of motherhood—and she’s not even a mom.

In February, the couple announced the pregnancy with a tender black-and-white photo shoot.

"There I was, bawling, and he was laughing, and it actually was pretty funny."

In this episode of The Motherly Podcast, the Maven Clinic founder and CEO shares how her own experience navigating pregnancy and postpartum care exposed the deep flaws in traditional healthcare for women—and why she’s made it her mission to fix them.

Newborn boundaries can be tough to enforce—especially when you're a first-time mom and your extended family can’t wait to meet the baby.

In your presence, your child feels an emotional security that allows them to be vulnerable, unguarded and exposed.

You defined an entirely new meaning of love for me—a love that makes the oceans tremble. A love that makes the wind sing. A love that fills me with the grit and the glory to be your mother.

I can’t wait to watch you fly. Your heart will break, your wings will need fixing but I’ll be there for all of it.

Thank you for always being there in my life and always looking out for me.

The relationship a mama has with her son is powerful, gentle and absolutely beautiful.

It may not be what you usually hear, but I am so glad that I made my work my life, and my life my work, bringing my daughters along for the ride.

The boy you raised grew into a strong, loving man. A supportive, equal partner. And a next-level dad.

Because you made it, mama. One year down the long road of motherhood. And many, many more to go.