Siân Welby on problematic ’too posh to push’ stigma
Happy Mum Happy Baby
Giovanna Fletcher
4.8 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2025
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Our guest this week is the hilarious radio & TV presenter Siân Welby!
Siân's career has gone from strength to strength over the years, and she opens up about wanting to hide her pregnancy out of fear she would be replaced at work.
Plus, the pressures of breastfeeding, 'too posh to push', and a case of mistaken midwife identity!
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on Happy Mom, Happy Baby. |
| 0:03.8 | I'm such a people pleaser that I didn't want to upset the stylist. |
| 0:07.1 | I remember just being like, I'm going to cry in a minute because I feel so disgusting. |
| 0:11.0 | And I didn't want to hurt her feelings that I didn't like the trousers. |
| 0:14.2 | So I ended up cracking and this was like two hours into this shoe. |
| 0:17.7 | And I went, okay, I don't want you to think I don't like what you've got me |
| 0:20.8 | because you've done a really good job and I'm pregnant and she went what? |
| 0:24.2 | She was like this poor woman. |
| 0:27.4 | It felt like I was giving up and I thought I'd never back down. I never give up. I'm persistent |
| 0:31.8 | in everything in life. Someone tells me I can't do it. I'll do it. And I've really felt like, I hope people don't just see me as a quitter. |
| 0:38.2 | Like, oh, she couldn't be bothered. |
| 0:39.9 | It was too hard work. |
| 0:40.9 | She went to bottle. |
| 0:42.4 | It wasn't that. |
| 0:44.1 | It was my baby stressed and I'm stressed. |
| 0:47.6 | And this is not good. |
| 0:49.4 | Trying to put my clothes back on. |
| 0:51.3 | Honestly, almost broke me. |
| 0:52.8 | And I was like, I can't get my pants on. |
| 0:55.4 | And I've got these massive Bridget Jones pants. And I can't get my foot in and the catheter's |
| 0:59.8 | getting wrapped up in it. I must have been in there for ages. And I heard my other half go, |
| 1:04.9 | Sean, you're right? And I went, no! And he opened the door and I was like, you've got to help me get dressed. |
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