668. Motherhood Mondays with Charlie Watson

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

"That was my overwhelming emotion: embarrassment."

Charlie Watson is a UK-based registered dietitian, marathoner, blogger, and mom. In this conversation, she talks about being diagnosed with MRKH (Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrome), a rare disorder that affects the female reproductive syndrome, and about how it affected her both as a teenager and, more recently, as an aspiring mom. She talks about her journey to motherhood via surrogate, including the IVF and egg-freezing process, finding and choosing a surrogate, and why pursuing motherhood via surrogacy is both an overwhelming decision and a privilege. Charlie is currently training for the Valencia Marathon.

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0:00.0	Motherhood Mondays on the Alley on the Run Show are brought to you by Adidas.
0:04.0	Go to Adidas.com slash Audi Club to access member benefits, including a 15% off voucher and free shipping.
0:12.4	Welcome to Motherhood Mondays.
0:19.0	This series comes your way once a month on the Alley on the Run Show and it is where I talk
0:23.3	oh so candidly with some of the running moms of the world.
0:27.6	So far that has included Veronica Graziano, the 241 Marathoner and Twin Mom.
0:33.2	It's included professional sprinter Alia Hobbes and most recently it included two of my very
0:38.8	best friends Laura Green and Julia Bertoletti. I love this series. I love getting to hear the
0:44.2	experiences of different moms on the run and today I'm excited to share Charlie Watson's
0:50.8	surrogacy story. You may know Charlie as the runner beans. She's one of the OG
0:56.2	running bloggers and Instagrammers. She's based in the UK and last year she welcomed her first
1:01.9	child a son birdie via surrogate. There was there still is so much I didn't know or understand
1:09.2	about surrogacy and while of course every individual's story is different I really
1:14.4	appreciated learning from what Charlie has gone through. Let's get to the good stuff.
1:19.2	Please enjoy this conversation with UK-based registered dietician Charlie Watson.
1:31.1	All right you know her and lover as the runner beans. Gosh I feel like I've been you've been
1:35.5	the runner beans in my mind since what like 2010 probably and still going strong. Charlie
1:41.5	thank you so much for being here. I'm so happy to be zooming with you from across the pond.
1:47.1	Do we say that? Do I sound like such a dork for saying that? I know you're never going to be a dork.
1:52.8	Well yeah but I can own it so that makes it okay right. Well it is 7.40 pm your time. It's
2:00.2	the middle of the day for me but uh any of the parents listening know 7.40 pm it's like peak
2:06.4	sometimes it's peak chaos it's bedtime it's like 7.40 is not necessarily an easy time.
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