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Made by Mammas: The Podcast

Matthew & Ryan on The Challenges Of Being First-Time Dads

Made by Mammas: The Podcast

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Parents, Experts, Society & Culture, Advice, Kids & Family, Parenting, Mum, Help, Personal Journals, Motherhood

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re joined by the hosts of the Daddies Overnight podcast, Matthew and Ryan, to talk about their journey to becoming dads through adoption.


They share the harsh reality of the adoption process, from assessments and waiting to the moment they were finally matched with their son, and open up about the highs, the challenges and everything in between.

We also chat about life as same-sex parents, the importance of representation, and raising their little boy with love, honesty and pride.


It’s a warm, honest and uplifting conversation about modern families and the many different paths to parenthood.


Find a new episode every Tuesday & Friday and in the meantime check out Made By Mammas on Instagram: @madebymammas.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Zoe and Georgia will be here in just a moment with Made by Mummers.

0:05.7

Once you've finished this episode, dive in some of the other parenting podcast from the team

0:10.0

behind the show you're about to hear. Over on Secret Mum Club, Safina is not holding back from

0:15.4

oversharing on the ups and downs of motherhood. And on You Don't Know You're Born, Danny Miller,

0:21.3

Brooke Vincent and Wingman are putting their acting skills to the test as they tackle their latest

0:26.0

parenting dilemma. Just search for Secret Mum Club and you don't know you're born on your

0:31.1

podcast app and hit follow so new episodes land straight in your feed.

0:36.5

Hello and welcome to Made My Mommas the podcast. I'm Zoe Hardman and I'm Georgia Dayton.

0:41.9

And this is your parenting safe space where no conversation is off limits. With five kids

0:47.3

between G and I, we have seen a lot. We really have. Each week we'll be joined by some famous

0:52.2

faces and experts and we'll chat about the brands and products that have saved us along the way. In short, we're the parenting podcast for you. Before we get started, hit subscribe or follow, so you're the first to know when each episode lands. And they're on Tuesdays and Fridays. And it really helps if you leave a rating and a review. You can also find us in Instagram.

1:11.1

We're on at Made by Mummers.

1:12.4

But for now, George, should we get into it? Hey. Yay. How are you? What's going on? I'm really good. We're obviously recording this little intro before we go off and have our half term. So I, you know, we're doing it a couple of weeks in advance so that

1:27.5

you guys can kind of have stuff to listen to and we can go and have a little break. And I'm just in

1:33.1

like madness sort of preparing mode because we've obviously got our live podcast, which is happening

1:39.5

tomorrow. Yes. So that's really exciting. So we're like sending over scripts and making sure that all our guests are briefed and stuff.

1:46.2

But we're really excited to meet you guys on Thursday evening.

1:48.8

And then, obviously, heading off for our little ski break, which is going to be mega.

1:54.5

Which, by the way, Zoe has timed for herself really well because the kids and Dozer are driving out to France and Zoe is having

2:09.6

a night out. A weekend in London. A weekend in London and then flying out to join them once they're all settled in.

2:19.6

Now hold on. This makes me sound like a shit mother. The reason I'm doing that is because I can't get the Sunday off work.

2:26.0

I have to go and do my radio show on the Sunday. Call me. And then I get to fly out.

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