1. Meet the hosts: Alyson and Shalaka

Growing Facts Podcast

Content warning: IVF, pregnancy

Meet the hosts of the Growing Facts podcast, Shalaka Shah and Alyson Baker. Shalaka is finishing her Ph.D. in child psychology and is trying to get pregnant by IVF. Alyson is a doctor specializing in internal medicine with a particular interest in obstetrical medicine, and is pregnant with twins. Episodes will alternate between science and pregnancy update episodes. Science episodes will feature an interview with a prenatal scientist about a different aspect of prenatal development. In the pregnancy update episodes, Alyson and Shalaka will discuss different social, cultural, and psychological factors that shape their experience of their pregnancy journeys.

In this episode, they talk about what motivated them to start this podcast, professionally and personally. They talk about why it’s so important to share scientific knowledge, and combat fear and misinformation. They also talk about where they are at in their pregnancy journeys, their intention to to be frank about how it feels to be (or try to be) pregnant, and the impact this has on their lives.
Prenatal research from Shalaka’s lab and the DREAM BIG consortium:
Dreambigresearch.com
Prenatal Stress and Child Development book (2021):
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-60159-1
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