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🗓️ 14 August 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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In this week's IIJM, Em and Alex tackle a triggering rollercoaster of a listener email, share some hilarious embarrassing stories and discuss their favourite podcast at the moment...
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0:00.0 | Hello. Hello. Hello. I'm a little Guinea. We've been together for a while. And in that time, it's Thursday. How happy is it just me episode? |
0:15.0 | Sorry we've received an email which is quite literally the biggest roller coaster I've ever ridden in my life. |
0:22.0 | I don't think it's pregnancy safe. I don't I don't I don't think we should have read this |
0:26.7 | It's such a back-hander, but but we're but we're here we're leaning in. We're going to answer |
0:32.0 | Love your podcast. I feel like I'm sat with my petals having a chin wag. Bear with me, but to be quite honest with you, I hated how much you spoke about motherhood and your children because I wanted to be child free and I felt irritated by my favorite |
0:44.0 | podcast changing to talk about motherhood so much. Okay, no comment. No comment, no |
0:49.2 | comment, no comment. I went to a week ago when I woke up and cannot stop thinking about having a baby. |
0:53.6 | For context I'm 30 and have been married to my husband for one year together for seven. |
0:58.8 | I'm confused by my thoughts of having a baby but I'm terrified of how miserable all parents look like no |
1:04.0 | offense but you both seem to be having a horrible time and I can't understand |
1:11.8 | where the joy is it's slee sleepless nights. It's no time to see friends. |
1:15.6 | It's having no money because you're spending it all on the children. It's pissing yourself, |
1:19.1 | getting piles, everything in the house, being sticky. Could you please shed some light on this? How is it worth it when there is so much pain and exhaustion? |
1:27.5 | Any tips for getting through the trenches because I am scared but so pretty. Thanks. |
1:31.7 | I don't know where to start. I know why don't we start |
1:34.6 | with how horrible your life is right now. Okay on a serious on a serious note this |
1:41.6 | makes we feel quite gutted. |
1:44.0 | This email, just the first part of it, because I think |
1:46.0 | it speaks to like a deep-rooted insecurity that I've... |
1:50.0 | We both have had. |
1:51.0 | That we've both have had about being pigeonholed after becoming mothers of like you're just a |
1:57.4 | mum now and like losing an identity that is just I don't know I find I find this hard like my heart |
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