We have officially made it through the fourth trimester.

Welcome back to the Riley Gaines Show.

I am Riley Gaines.

If you have been following me for a while, maybe here on the show,

maybe back when it was the Gaines for Girls podcast,

maybe on X or Instagram or TikTok,

then you know that I was pretty open about my pregnancy and labor and delivery,

how I loved really every single stage thus far. But I don't think I have done a recap, a comprehensive

recap of motherhood. And what that has been like for me and for Louie, well, Louie, of course,

he's not a mom, but what parenthood has been like for us

and for our beautiful baby girl, Margo. I wanted to make sure that this isn't just a show where

people come to get their political takes or to hear my political takes. Because honestly,

what I have found to be true is, number one, that can just be really, really draining, right?

It's exhausting. I feel like, at least speaking

for myself, I consume so much political content throughout the week. I actually appreciate listening

to shows or podcasts where that's not necessarily what you're getting. Yes, certainly, I still want

my conservative values and more importantly, my Christian beliefs to shine through the content that I'm delivering, the things that we're talking about.

But the show doesn't necessarily have to be political in its nature. And secondly, I think a lot of the audience that follows the show or maybe follows me, yes, appreciates the political takes.

And the second thing I have found to be true.

I think a lot of the audience that follows the show that follows me on my personal accounts,

yes, again, probably appreciate the political takes, probably have the same viewpoints that I do.

But what I found is a lot of you are in a similar stage of life as me as well. So young women who either have kids

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