How Sofia Got Her Baby

The Secret Room | True Stories

Ben Hamm

Storytelling, Personal Journals, Story, Podcast, Stories, True, Society & Culture

4.4 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Sofia spent two decades on the path to motherhood. The challenges she faced were shaped by both her biology and her upbringing. How she finally became a mother is her secret. And she’s ready to share.

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0:00.0	Hi, Ben. My name is Sophia, and my secret is how I got my baby. It was a hard and emotional journey, but I would do it all again. My partner is the only one who knows the truth, but I've just got to tell someone else. Today, the secret room presents how Sophia got her daughter. Get ready for your next adventure with shades that are built to last.
0:33.1	Go to ShadyRase.com and use code secret for 35% off polarized sunglasses. Check the show notes.
0:42.6	Hey everyone, I'm Ben Ham and welcome to The Secret Room. No two women's path to motherhood
0:51.2	are the same. Some go smoothly while others are fraught with challenges. My guest today spent two decades on the path to motherhood are the same. Some go smoothly while others are fraught with challenges.
0:55.4	My guest today spent two decades on the path to motherhood
0:58.2	facing a complex set of biological and societal challenges along the way,
1:02.6	and her journey was fraught with emotion and heartache.
1:05.8	How Sophia finally became a mother, after all that time, is her secret?
1:10.4	And she's going to share it with all of us right now
1:12.4	let's get started hi sophia and welcome to the secret room hello thank you for having well you are so
1:22.7	welcome thank you very much for for coming here to bear all it's really a very emotional story that you have to share.
1:31.3	And I'm very touched that you're going to share it with our audience.
1:35.5	Thank you.
1:36.1	I'm excited.
1:36.9	I love your podcast.
1:38.8	Thank you so much.
1:40.5	I never thought that I would have a secret, but I don't know.
1:44.7	I heard the year-end podcast and called in and thought, wait, I do have a secret.
1:52.5	I have a big secret.
1:54.2	I hear that from a lot of people.
1:56.4	They're like, I didn't think I had a secret, but then one day it just occurred to me.
1:59.6	I've got this big secret.
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