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Hi, everyone. This is Tiffany, and I am so excited for today's episode. I have Janelle Hatchet on the show today. Welcome, Janelle. Hello. Hi. Hi. How are you?

I'm great. I'm so excited to have you here. And for those of y'all who aren't familiar with Janelle's work, she has a blog

called Renegade Mothering.

And, Janelle, you're like my mother writing hero.

Thank you.

Yes.

I found your blog when I was, I think about 20 weeks pregnant with my twins, and I was just

so tired all the time.

And so what I did was I would lay in bed and read things.

And most of the things I read did not make me feel better about myself.

You know, I would read like the what to expect forums, which are just full of like really Most of the things I read did not make me feel better about myself.

You know, I would read like the what to expect forums, which are just full of like really

sad, tragic stories or people being not helpful.

And then I would read all the mom blogs where I would feel all judgy against and like shame

for myself.

And then I found your website.

And I was like, oh my God, this is like a normal mom who's honest and real and isn't.

I think that you had done a post about like, this is my nursery, right?

And it was like a crib with like a dog leash tied to it or something.

Yes. I will try to find that post you guys for the plate for the for the for the

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