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Should I Delete That?

Is It Just Me: Tummy rubbin' and colon strugglin'

Should I Delete That?

Alex Light & Em Clarkson

Society & Culture, Unknown

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

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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Edited by Daisy Grant

Music by Alex Andrew



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Transcript

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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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