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A Before & After Birth Story with Aimee Carrero: Part One

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Aimee Carrero shares her unexpected path to motherhood marked by IVF, heartbreaking loss, and filming a TV show in New York while pregnant.

This episode features actress Aimee Carrero in conversation with host Dr. Elliot Berlin about her journey to motherhood and her career. Carrero, known for roles in projects like "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" and "The Devil's Due," is currently filming a TV show in New York during her final weeks of pregnancy. She grew up in a bilingual, Latin household in Miami, where she developed a distinct accent she later modified for acting. Carrero studied international relations in college as part of a deal with her supportive but practical parents, who are a civil engineer and a Spanish teacher. Her acting start came from a musical theater summer camp at Miami's Coconut Grove Playhouse, which cost $800 and was a significant investment for her middle-class family. She describes her first professional acting job on "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel," for which she earned about $16,000 and stretched that income over a year. Carrero shares a surprising story about attending an Orthodox Catholic school in Miami where a nun was murdered, a case detailed in the book "Murder at Holy Cross." She explains that her disinterest in having children shifted only after meeting her husband, Tim, on a blind date set up by a colleague two years after initially declining it. Carrero felt her relationship was uniquely "easy" compared to past volatile ones and credits her husband with helping her become "more yourself" and more creative. An interesting insight is her view that a religious education provided a helpful baseline for appreciating art and literature, as she discovered when explaining biblical scenes to her husband at the Duomo in Florence. She also reflects on the immersive bilingual culture of Miami, where even ordering at McDonald's often required Spanish. The episode has a conversational and anecdotal tone, blending personal storytelling with lighthearted moments about accents and family. Listeners interested in actor origin stories, cross-cultural upbringing, and personal pivots toward parenthood would enjoy this. Those seeking a strictly clinical or advice-focused pregnancy podcast might find the career and biographical details less relevant.

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A candid birth-story setup shaped by IVF, loss, work, and timing.

An actress and expectant mom talks through a life that runs from Miami to Hollywood, with IVF, a devastating loss, an unexpected diagnosis, and a TV shoot in New York City in the last weeks of pregnancy. Dr.

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