Secret Mum Club with Sophiena - The Dropping Balls

Episode Date: May 23, 2024

Two things are flowing this week... all of your lovely correspondence, and the prosecco. Whilst enjoying the merriment of being out of the house, the ladies ponder upon a letter about dropping balls, the sexy numbers trend is back (and it's even sexier than last time), and there's a touching secret about the best time to try for a baby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Me and Stefan have to spell things out now so that Jason doesn't know what we're talking about. And it's so hard. Don't, don't. Because when they fucking know how to spell. But also. And the club is like, you're taking us to London. Oh, no. But we, me and Stefan are realising like we can't even fucking, like some things are so hard to spell out loud.

I hope the Prosecco's just make a fucking, fucking, fucking slaughtered. Biscuit's a nightmare. He'll be like, have you got the B-I-S-C-U-I-T-S. Yeah, great for a fucking dyslexic person Yeah I know It's when you do The whole sentence S-H-A

S-H-A-L-L W-E Yeah G-O Yeah L-O-N-D-O-N Have you got the D-U-M-M-Y And the T-U-D-D-Y

Okay Let's G-O To the C-A-R It's a nightmare Should we Should we do the whole episode H-E-L-L-O Should we do the whole episode? Yeah Hello This is the Secret Mum Club I'm Safina

And I'm Emma And welcome to your Thursday's episode Where we get to squeeze in All the extra bits and bobs From the week All your comments, thoughts, questions And fun stories

To keep you going Through the weekend Shall we jump on in? Let's hit up that correspondence we could have been more in tune but we're not we just threw it out there anyone will think we're not in the studio but we are we are mixed up a bit that time touching each other naughty touching you touching me we've had two two prosecco's and we've gone two bottles wild we're fucking mental we haven't been out we haven't been drinking for nine months i know necked a bottle of prosecco in a studio

where there's fucking loads of lights the temperature's skyrocketing my baby's gone crazy emma's baby's not actually milking anymore. She's not feeding. She's just sucking on the titty. She's gone boob crazy. Anywho. Oh, someone did question me the other day. Mothers in the wild.

Because I've been drinking and breastfeeding. Yes. Not drinking loads, obviously, but I put up a picture of me in the pub with... Oh, fucking hell. Have you not learned from me telling you? I know. You can't do this shit.

But I'm not... I don't normally get, like, hate because I don't have as many followers hold on today we'll come for you but you're up to 15k excuse me 19 fuck what i know i hit my milestone this week i really want it to be around 20 though so if you want to follow me it's at emma.jonesy on instagram i'll give you a shout okay get you some balloons oh fucking, we can get you 20k balloons. Oh, yeah. Oh, yes. But any whoosie, I don't get as much feedback as you.

They'll come for you. But someone did message me and say, should you be drinking and breastfeeding? So before you come at me about the Prosecco, I've had two glasses. Two bottles. Three vodkas and two fucking bottles. They told us on NCT that drinking while breastfeeding is... Someone told me it's... Well, actually, there was a lady that told me that it isn't a problem.

It's how the alcohol makes you act. Yeah, it's more... So you're more of a danger because of how it makes you. Rather than how much passes through to baby. Yeah, exactly. She, on NCT, they said the equivalent going through to the baby is like a shot of vodka in a swimming pool.

Yes, yes. So like nothing. Nothing. But obviously, you don't want to be drunk in charge of a baby. No. So.

Yes. We are very, very responsible adults. Yeah. Yes. Shall we hit the first correspondence corner now? Yeah.

We've just cleared the haters. No, we've cleared that up. This one is from Tennille. Beautiful name. Yes. Hi, ladies. Hello. My husband and I were listening to you talking about how satisfying your baby is. Hold on a minute. the haters no i've cleared that up this one is from tenille beautiful name yes hi ladies hello my husband and i were listening to you talking about how satisfying your baby hold on a minute back the fuck up can i just can we just make a point of how many people are listening in couples

to us yeah we had one last week and now we've got one this week yeah i know couples are listening fucking up the boys i love that i know we thought the wallets. I know. We thought we had, we knew we had a few dads. We have got some dads, but dads I think listen on the sly. Yeah. Yeah. I reckon Stefan's getting a sneaky little.

Well, I don't know. If he listens while he's playing golf. Gets enough. His sneaky little listen. Then he's got plenty of time to be listening. Yeah, exactly. No, he gets enough of me at home. I don't want to say that we're talking about you

and slagging you off about the golf, Stefan, if you're listening. I don't want him to listen because it means this is a safe space for me to slag him off i think he knows you slag him off i think he does yeah um so yeah my husband and i were listening to you talking about how satisfying your baby's birth dates are we had a lot of correspondence about this after you spoke about rendy's birthday and i thought i'd share ours my husband and i were both born

on the 20th the anniversary of our first date is on the 20th we got engaged on the 20th. The anniversary of our first date is on the 20th. We got engaged on the 20th and got married on the 20th in 2020. Fuck off. I'm currently pregnant with our first baby and her expected due date is the 17th. Fucking hell, she's going to come on the 20th. She says we're mortified, ha ha, but she could come on the 20th.

Also, my husband's mum and dad were both born on the 7th. My mum and his dad were both born on the 20th. Also, my husband's mum and dad were both born on the 7th. My mum and his dad were both born on the 15th. So we have 7-7, 15-15 and 20-20. Lots of love to Neil. Wow. Imagine she comes on the 15th of July, 2020. No, it's not. But on the due dates of the 17th, that could easily be the 20th.

Wow, that easily the 20th. You just got holed out for three days. days that is sexual i want to sex you up or have a cesarean and just book it in yeah book it in for the 20th elected cesarean yeah what date do you want oh no actually because then they'll make you go yeah probably 39 weeks that would actually fuck it up yeah uh well i hope she comes on i really hope she can you keep Can you keep us posted? Yeah, let us know. Can you? We love that shit, don't we? Yeah. That was straight up.

It's echoed through my jugular. I've got one last message here. It says, hiya mums. The secret about the mum and her little boy's willy made me want to spread awareness about something. Before a boy turns six months, his balls should drop. What? My mother-in-law came around while my little man was potty training running around naked.

She noticed his balls didn't look normal. So I contacted my health visitor for advice. But as he was over three years old, they told me to go to the doctor. He had a couple of scans and then he went on to have surgery to move his balls down. I didn't know this was a thing. And if we didn't do anything, it could have led to fertility problems or even prostate cancer. Which is so scary to think about. All the best, Annie from Northamptonshire what the fuck what i need to go home and check joseph's balls immediately he's two he's over two don't you know that was a serious conversation

you're trying to make me laugh i know i'm just talking about my son's balls they check their balls when they leave i'm serious now i thought they checked their balls when they leave leave both balls are in the sack they do but what did you mean that they've dropped they should just be lower down i thought yeah when they leave hospital it's part of the newborn check for a boy isn't it i don't know i seem to i don't know so i don't know what i'm looking for what am i meant to be looking for they're saggy anyway they're like two little almonds in a poo bag yeah i thought they checked that before they left hospital what am i looking for i don't know well maybe just check if you're concerned check with your um health visitor or the health history or gp she looks at his balls all the time though

hey who looks at whose balls the health visitor's been around twice and she's seen him nerds so she would have said if he falls do you have to feel them i don't know what the fuck i'm so fucking confused i haven't checked colby's now seven years i haven't touched his balls also you know when they talk about boys balls dropping i thought that was normally around puberty yeah their voice and their voice gets deeper god we need some more boys up in here is that just we need some more boys in here we need some more but too many girls too many girls too many men is that is that just the turn of phrase, balls dropping, when you reach puberty? Don't know. Honestly, I don't, I'm not a boy, I don't know.

You've got two boys. I know, but I don't know. And Chris. I have to ask Chris. GPs, get in touch, or health visitors. Let us know about your balls. Boys, just get in touch, tell us about your balls. Boys, let us know about your balls, yeah.

Check his in a few months' time, let us know if they change. I think his balls are okay. Yeah. There's two well we don't know what we're looking for but thank you annie in northamptonshire the only one we can ask for adam adam may feel attacked right okay so thank you annie we've got all the ladies now checking boys balls yeah don't be looking at your husbands they They can sort their own.

I mean, if you want to investigate your man's balls. That's up to you. I don't want to look at Chrissy's. That's your prerogative. No, yes. So thank you so much for your messages. If you do have any comments, thoughts or fun stories, why not get in touch? You can email us hello at secretmumpod.com or with secretmumpod on TikTok and Instagram.

Next, it's time for one of your. It's always the emphasis on the your, isn't it? Mine. Your secrets. Sorry, it's a Prosecco. And we're going to an ad break now, okay? Going to dance some more Prosecco. Ching, ching, motherfuckers!

So, welcome back. There was a lot of discussion in the ad break about balls about balls yeah thank you annie so thank you annie so it's time for the extra secret of the week because we're all about sharing on the secret mom club aren't we so emma hit us what have you got this one says hi girlies i turned 29 in january and since then I've gone into panic mode about children. I know I have plenty of time, but I think about it daily. My mother-in-law recently received a cancer diagnosis. We're unsure of the extent and treatment plan, but she is so strong and a fighter. This has really shaken me and made me realize life is so short and the thought of having children has been amplified. I know there's never a right time to have children, but should we try for a baby sooner rather than later? I haven't spoken with my partner about this as I don't want to come across as being selfish or taking his attention away from his mum.

Oh, thank you from Anonymous. That's really sad. I know. First of all, I'm sending all our love to your mother-in-law. Your mother-in-law, yeah. And our hearts go out to you. That's so, so incredibly sad, isn't it? I wouldn't worry about taking attention away from um your partner's mom like if that's a conversation you want to have you

should definitely talk to him about it i just think and i think he might find comfort in the fact that you're thinking about it because you're taking your his mom into consideration exactly you want to have a baby but before you know anything you know god forbid touching all the wood and all the world you know it's just a really horrible situation to be in and we're sending all of our love um but the fact that you're taking so much into consideration at such a really difficult time yeah um i think he he might find yeah comfort in that and that might be something nice for him as well nice to take your mind yeah like it might be a nice distraction yeah and if you do decide you want to and you get pregnant i don't feel like there's a right time

and i don't feel like there's a wrong time and i also want to say with my whole heart it doesn't matter how much you fucking plan yeah there is no there's you literally will have no preparation for a baby yeah there's no amount of preparation you can do you can't the moment the baby comes you're still got your head up your fucking arm even now we could have been i've i've three children deep and i'm still learning now yeah it's a completely different baby with a completely different like personality and way of life and everything is completely different and i truly don't think there's ever a right time or a wrong time and i truly don't think you're ever ready yeah and me now i'm not you know i'd even still now if i had another one i don't think i'd ever be ready no no i feel like

it's really normal to feel that pressure as well when you're approaching 30 yep because 30 feels like when a lot of 30 feels huge it feels massive a lot of milestones happen i know for me like loads of my friends were getting married and having babies like people have this thing about like i want to be married by 30 i want to have my first child by 30 so i think it's really normal to feel that pressure but just because you're 29 like don't feel like you have to get stuff done before you're 30 yeah there's life after 30 yes there is coming from two 35 year olds who just both have babies yeah and your sister my sister just had a baby she's 39 exactly so there's plenty of time there is plenty of time don't worry i just

feel like if the time is right if i say saying that though i don't even feel like the time is right if it's something you both mutually want yeah then go for it go for it but if it's not something that doesn't feel right right now but you know it's in the pipeline also again like we were speaking about is that just let nature do its course yeah if you want to come off your contraceptive if you're on contraceptive and that's something you want to do because it distracts you and takes your mind off of things yeah and it happens yeah i do i'm a true believer that everything happens for a reason so please don't put pressure on yourself yeah but if you do want to start like you just see what happens yeah and it might be nice to do without all that pressure on yeah yeah because it might if it's something you both mutually would like yeah um and you both would say like

if a baby was to be coming in the next year we'd be happy about that as long as you're both on the same page yeah then why not just have fun with it why not just use it as a distraction use it as a way to and then without sounding weird like a way to comfort each other and just be there for each other because it is a really hard time and unfortunately people when people are poorly in your family is it is a really difficult time and it does make you or break you yeah i believe and i just think if it's a time that it pulls you together and you get something so beautiful at the end yeah like why yeah why not yeah but i just think me personally reading that maybe putting a little bit pressure on yourself because everything everything is just a little bit crazy at the moment so as much as

from from one woman to another woman just take the pressure off yourself a little bit and just enjoy that you're approaching 30 fucking 30 is the best time of my life yeah i had the best year when i was 30 i love i literally love 30 year old Safina. Like if I could tell 30 year old Safina, 13 year old Safina, some stuff. Yeah. Like I fucking love being 30.

What were you doing? That's when you had dots, wasn't it? When you're 30. I had dots at 30. And do you know what? Selfishly, I wish I'd waited for Colby.

Really? In the God's honest truth, I wish I'd, I'd much rather have waited till, even now, having babies. But then I, am I this way because i've had two children and am i 35 and i'm more chilled i'm so much more calmer now yeah as soon as i hit 30 sort of 31 32 so much more chilled so much more relaxed i was still

quite hit up it i was quite an angry early 20 year old and then i kind of found myself at 25 and then had colby at sort of 20 yeah fell pregnant 27 had him at 28 but i'm just so much more chill now i think it's like more the more babies down the line you go as well like i'm only on my second baby and i'm so much more chilled with her than the older you get the more the older you get yeah and i think more babies you're right yeah you get the more you know yeah you do get more chill yeah but. But definitely chat to your partner and see if he's on the same page. Nothing to be lost from that. But we're right there with you.

Yeah. Do you have any advice for Anonymous? Let us know. You can email us hello at secretmumpod.com or with Secret Mumpod on TikTok and Instagram. And we'll be back first thing on Monday. And we'll have more of your messages on our next Thursday episode. And we'll see you next time.

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