My advice to women listening to this, when you are pregnant, it's not as if you are disabled.

One of the things that I did when I was pregnant actually was swam Alcatraz at seven months

pregnant. And I had so many people come to my social media page and tell me how much I didn't

care about my baby and how, you know, I was putting her life at risk for just clicks on the internet.

Again, I'm pregnant, not disabled.

What do you say to a woman who's scared that she's going to lose herself if she becomes a mom?

I have found myself by becoming a mom.

I have found myself by becoming a mom. Today's guest needs no introduction. My friend Riley Gaines, women's rights activist, who is now a brand new mother.

We get into her entire birth story.

I wanted to hear it from start to finish.

We get into these last couple months postpartum and her hot takes on fitness while pregnant and how much of a game

changer it has been. But wait, I have a little Christmas wish. If you wouldn't mind pausing,

leaving a five-star review for my Christmas present, it would mean so much to me. And Simon,

my editor extraordinaire and all the other people that work on my episodes on my team.

We want to hear what the most impactful episode of Culture Apothecary was for you this year.

What changes have come for you based on listening to it, how it impacted your family, saved a

relationship, any and all of the above.

We want to hear about it.

We read every review.

So please leave those for us as we close out 2025.

Please welcome my friend Riley Gaines to culture apothecary.

Walk me through the day that you went into labor.

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