Comedian Emma Doran: Pregnant at 18 in a Convent School
Happy Mum
Giovanna Fletcher
4.8 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
In this episode Giovanna sits down with comedian, author, and podcaster Emma Doran.
Emma reflects on becoming pregnant as a teenager while attending an all-girls convent school, and the challenges that followed.
She also shares how she began stand-up on maternity leave, performing her first open mic when her baby was just six weeks old!
Catch Emma on tour! Emma Doran has extended her Emmaculate UK and Ireland stand-up tour up until 2027, including the London Palladium on 7th February 2027. Emma will also make her debut at the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Pleasance Courtyard – Beside from 5 – 30th August (excl 12th, 19th, 26th). For more info and tickets visit emmadorancomedy.com
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to a brand new episode of Happy Mum, Happy Baby, The Podcast. |
| 0:09.6 | Today's guest is Emma Doran. |
| 0:11.7 | Now, Emma is someone who has been on my Instagram feed for quite some time. |
| 0:16.3 | I always get her little comedy sketches through. |
| 0:19.5 | Turns out she's actually a funny human in real life |
| 0:22.2 | and that is a profession. |
| 0:23.7 | She's a stand-up comedian. |
| 0:25.3 | Something that she started whilst on maternity leave. |
| 0:28.5 | That blows my mind. |
| 0:30.1 | And in fact, she says in this chat |
| 0:31.4 | that actually her baby was six weeks old |
| 0:35.0 | when she decided to sign herself up |
| 0:37.4 | for her first stand-up gig at a local |
| 0:40.6 | comedy club. Knowing where my mind was at six weeks, I applaud her wholly. She's also got a |
| 0:48.4 | podcast called Keep It Tight and she is an author. Her book is Mad, isn't it? |
| 0:56.1 | Which I thoroughly enjoyed reading. |
| 0:57.5 | I really recommend reading that, actually. |
| 1:01.2 | It is one that follows her life in Dublin, |
| 1:02.8 | going to a convent school, |
| 1:05.3 | and then getting pregnant at 18. |
| 1:07.4 | I think Emma is absolutely exceptional. |
| 1:10.4 | And she is very funny, very, very, very, very funny. |
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