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Jun 2021
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Things Dads Wished They Knew Before Beco...

Chris Pegula & Bryan Laurel
About this episode

Every Dad has things they wished they knew before their wife became pregnant and before their baby arrived. In this episode we share many of those things. Hopefully you can benefit from the wisdom of other Dads.

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