What To Expect - Podcast Rankings and reviews

I’m so glad that there is now a What to Expect podcast. Although my son is two now, I wish this podcast was available when I was pregnant and in the first year post partum. I am just listening to the episode about Baby Blues and PPD. This is a topic that is not covered enough in media outlets and there are very few pregnancy related podcasts in general. Kudos for covering a tough topic and for including various perspectives (talking about the higher risks for women of color). Very informative podcast! Someone out there is experiencing PPD or another mood disorder and needs to hear this information!

A LOT of ads play before and during the episodes; more than the other podcasts I follow. I wish they could cut a few of them because I find it pretty annoying. Otherwise, I think the information is great.

Although I enjoy the content of this podcast, I am disappointed in 2020 that we are still referring to moms and dads. It is quite easy to change “dad” to “second parent” or “support person”. I’d have to believe that there are plenty of queer couples who listen who cannot relate when you mention dads in the delivery room, etc. etc.

Heidi and Emma are so funny and relatable, love how real they are about the not so pretty aspects of pregnancy!

I gave it a good go and listened to at least 10 episodes because I really wanted to like this podcast, but I’m calling it. The ads just killed me. There’s A LOT of them. I’m fine with ad breaks in podcasts - I mean it’s free entertainment so I get it. But this was a ton and the iHeart Radio ads were really annoying. Not particularly relevant either. One was about some true crime show and another about train-car accidents. If you listen to the radio, maybe this won’t be as annoying. I just couldn’t.

I loved following the app, so I thought for sure I would also love to listen to the podcast. However, I listened to two episodes and it seems to be a platform to bring awareness to how pregnant African American women aren’t getting appropriate care. I don’t disagree that this is an issue, but it seems to over power educating women or first time moms, like myself, about pregnancy.