Hello and thank you so much for tuning into this week's Food for Thought, a podcast

that's on a mission to equip you all with the evidence-based advice that you need to

live and breathe a healthy lifestyle.

I'm Rianne Lambert, registered nutritionist, author of Reinerish A Simple Way to Eat Well

and Founder of Retrition, London's leading private nutrition clinic.

In each of the 12 episodes I'll be joined by guests all of whom are experts in their

field so that together we can learn fact from fiction and empower the healthiest and

happiest versions of ourselves with trusted expert advice.

The moment you have a baby life instantly dramatically changes and as much as you may

feel ready, let me tell you nothing does quite prepare you for that instant life change

and ultimately I think most parents want to know if there's something that they could

have done better or nowhere to go I guess.

So this week's Food for Thought sees Lucy Mecklumber and I have a really honest conversation

around the realities of motherhood and how we can best support ourselves as well as our

children.

Hello Lucy, how are you?

Oh good, better for chatting to you.

The reason we're doing this episode together is that we look back on those early days

of having a baby and there wasn't really any, I guess there's no kind of book or advice

that you could read that could help you in that situation and I know that I wouldn't have

got through those early days and we hadn't had each other to really chat to.

What would you say to people right now that are in the very midst of just having a baby?

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