POST BABY CONVERSATION

THE POST-BABY CONVERSATION IS A FIRST A RELATIONSHIP TITLE FOR NEW PARENTS. IT IS NOT A TITLE ABOUT BABIES AND IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW TO BE A PARENT. IT'S ABOUT HOW TO BE A HAPPY COUPLE WITH CHILDREN. HAS YOUR RELATIONSHIP CHANGED SINCE YOU HAD A BABY? DO YOU EVER GET TO TALK OR SPEND TIME AS A COUPLE? DO YOU FEEL YOUR PARTNER UNDERSTANDS YOUR LIFE NOW? DO YOU HAVE LESS SEX? MOST COUPLES EXPERIENCE RELATIONSHIP ISSUES AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF A BABY. THE CHAOS AND EXHAUSTION, THE CHANGES TO BOTH PARTNERS' LIVES, OFTEN MEAN THAT MANY COUPLES FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY. SO CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE WORKLOAD OF A NEW BABY WILL BE SHARED, WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON WEEKENDS AND WHOSE JOB IT IS TO COOK AND CLEAN OFTEN DON'T EVEN HAPPEN. WHEN THEY DO, THEY PRODUCE TENSION RATHER THAN SOLUTIONS. MANY COUPLES FALL BACK ON EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THEIR PARTNER SHOULD DO AND PROVIDE THAT ARE BASED ON OUTDATED STEREOTYPES; AND MANY LIVE UNHAPPILY WITH THOSE EXPECTATIONS F