There comes a time in most parents lives where they ask the question... should we have another kid?

If the answer is yes, you can't always guarantee you know, or get, what you've signed up for.

That's exactly what happened when ABC Journalist and Podcast Host Matt Bevan and his wife Rachel looked to expand their family... they got a lot more than they bargained for.

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CREDITS

Hosts: Clare Stephens & Jessie Stephens
Producer: Taylah Strano
Audio Producer: Tegan Sadler

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

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Okay, so international travel is stressful at the best of times. Got your passport? packed all your medication? do you have enough underware?

Now image throwing a tiny human into the mix...

From strategic seat selection, to the realisation of just how inaccessible some major tourist city's are, Sami Shah has been there and done that.

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CREDITS

Hosts: Clare Stephens & Jessie Stephens
Producer: Taylah Strano
Audio Producer: Tegan Sadler

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/

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Can you imagine if men had to give birth? There would be a national day of rest. rioting in the streets. maybe even a senate inquiry...

Podcaster, author & father of two Ash Wicks joins us in the baby bubble for a painful conversation.

Yep, this doting dad walks us through the time he got a vasectomy, and other fatherhood-related stories.

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Or click here to listen to the hosts of Mamamia Out Loud open up about creativity and how they stay inspired.

Check out Ashs' podcast Two Doting Dads here and grab his new book here

CREDITS

Hosts: Clare Stephens & Jessie Stephens
Producer: Taylah Strano
Audio Producer: Tegan Sadler

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.