Dear Mum, it's George: My husband gets honest about pregnancy loss, parenting and whether we're having a fourth
Dear MumShow Notes
Dear Mum, meet George. Our very first DAD on the podcast… who also happens to be a very special “Dad” in my life - because he’s my husband and the father to our three.
This episode is proper, unfiltered, and surprisingly emotional - because George and I sit down (possibly for the longest uninterrupted conversation we've had in years?!) to talk through our whole journey into parenthood.
From meeting at university and never really moving apart, to four miscarriages in our first year of trying, to navigating three children under five and everything in between.
We get into the one-to-two transition (spoiler: it broke us a little), the unspoken household systems that keep the chaos manageable, the favourite parent problem that nobody warns you about, and whether (hand on heart!!) we're actually done at three.
Oh, and we possibly risk it all(?!) with a couples quiz…
Pop this on for the school run, folding that mountain of laundry, or whenever you get a moment to sit in parenthood that feels as honest as it can.
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