Weekend Woman's Hour: Co-parenting, Plastic pollution, ACL injuries, Perinatal suicide

Woman's Hour

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4.1 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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What is it really like to be a co-parent? Hayley Allen’s son spends the weekdays with his dad and she takes care of him at the weekends. Carly Harris’ two children spend 80% of their time with her and are looked after by their dad every other weekend. Clare talked to Hayley and Carly about the difficulties and benefits of co-parenting.

As talks reach a conclusion in Ottawa this week on a legally binding global treaty on plastic pollution, we speak to film director and campaigner Eleanor Church. Her documentary, X Trillion, comes out this week, and takes the viewer on an all-female expedition to the North Pacific gyre, where much of the world's plastic waste ends up.

The risk of ACL injuries in female football players is up to six times higher than their male counterparts. Leeds Beckett University is leading a new study into why this risk rate is so high and the impact on athletes. Knee surgeon to the sports stars Andy Williams explains why this may be happening and footballer Emma Samways, of Hashtag United in Essex, tells us about her ACL injury from earlier on this year.

Perinatal suicide, while thankfully rare, is the leading cause of maternal death in the UK. A new study from King’s College London is the first of its kind to focus on the causes. The perinatal period runs from the start of pregnancy to a year after giving birth – and the suicide rates among these women has recently risen. Clare spoke to Dr Abigail Easter, the lead researcher, and Krystal Wilkinson, who shares her own experience.

Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Annette Wells Editor; Erin Riley

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast I'd like to introduce myself. My name's
0:04.0	Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a load of sport
0:07.5	podcasts. I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with leading
0:11.1	journalists, experienced pundits and the biggest
0:13.3	sports stars. Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights
0:17.4	straight from the player's mouth. But the best thing about doing this at the BBC is
0:22.0	our unique access to the sporting world.
0:25.0	What that means is that we can bring you podcasts that create a real connection to
0:28.9	dedicated sports fans across the UK.
0:31.5	So if you like this podcast, head over to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more.
0:37.1	BBC Sounds music radio podcasts.
0:40.3	Hello and welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour with me Anita Rani. In a moment we'll hear about co-parenting.
0:47.0	How do you share the parental load once you've separated from your partner?
0:51.0	And the film director Eleanor Church for her latest documentary
0:54.1	she embarks on an all-female expedition to the North Pacific gyre
0:58.0	where much of the world's plastic waste ends up. We found some microbeats,
1:02.1	the things that you use and facial washes, so tiny, tiny
1:06.3	pieces floating in this area that is one of the most remote places on the planet. So we were
1:11.0	closer to humans on a space station than we were to people on land. on the the a CL which stands for anterior cruciate ligament as new research shows that
1:24.4	female footballers are six times more likely to suffer this injury compared to their
1:28.8	male counterparts. So no disruptions for the next hour, just you and the radio.
1:34.0	But first, what's it really like to be a co-parent?
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