Should I Delete That? - OUR BEST BITS - PART TWO: Just Us

Episode Date: January 15, 2026

It’s time to lean into our chaotic side - today, we’re bringing you some of the best bits of our Just Us episodes (formerly known as Is It Just Me) Sit back, relax and enjoy our chaos - and a...lso remember some of the huge life moments we’ve lived through together during the podcast. Our entire archive will be staying live - so if you enjoyed any of these segments, you can go back and listen to the episodes in full at any time. Follow us on Instagram:@shouldideletethat@em_clarkson@alexlight_ldnShould I Delete That is produced by Faye LawrenceStudio Manager: Elliott MckayVideo Editor: Celia GomezSocial Media Manager: Sarah EnglishMusic: Alex Andrew Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Hello and welcome to Should I Delete that? You are listening to our best of just uses or as it was formally known, is it just me's? We hope you enjoy the laughs, the fact checks, the mispronunciations and everything else we came out with over the last four years. I had a thought this morning and I said it as a joke to Alex but it's actually been kind of haunting me all day because I saw a guy in a Porsche, no, in a Jaguar, it was a really nice car on the way to the hospital. Yeah. And I was like, oh my God, it was such a nice car.
Starting point is 00:00:27 And then I was like, and Alex was like, no room for babysitting that. and then I was like hmm why do so many middle age men have these cars and I'm like yeah well they've probably like
Starting point is 00:00:36 so bad I was like their kids probably just hate them like they've probably just been like really like they've probably just gone and like had an affair
Starting point is 00:00:45 and left and their kids just hate them so they just got they don't need all the seats they don't need back seats because they haven't got anyone to put in the car with them do those cars not have back seats
Starting point is 00:00:53 those cars don't have back seats fuck off are you kidding I don't think I've ever seen a car without a back seat What? Without a backseat. What?
Starting point is 00:01:05 Without a back sheet. You never see the car about a back seat. Come on. Like a frari? Or a Porsche. Or a Lamborghini. I don't mean the very back. I mean like, are you talking the very back?
Starting point is 00:01:21 Ow. What? Type in Ferrari, Spider. Are you saying every single car has four things? Like my brother's car only... Yes. No, my brother's car has two seats. Never.
Starting point is 00:01:37 So what's in the back? Nothing. A smart car, even. So what's behind the front? The boot. You have a three-door or a five-door car. That's why they'll describe your car as a five-door, four-doors and a boot, or they describe it as a three-door.
Starting point is 00:01:54 Yeah, but when there's three doors, you just have to flip the front seat. There aren't any back seats. Fucking. How many buck seats in his car? He says two. Wildly and practically regrets it most days. But... I didn't know that two-seater cars existed.
Starting point is 00:02:10 I genuinely didn't know that. How would I know that, though? That's so random. Oh, we're absolutely everywhere. How do you not know that? Also, look. How do you know that, like... This is coming up as a two-seater,
Starting point is 00:02:22 but that there, it looks like there's... Okay, fine, type in Lamborghini Gallardo. Type in Fiat Spider. That's what my brother has. Fiat Spider. Yeah. See it? What?
Starting point is 00:02:32 My mind is actually blown. What the hell? How? I just don't know how I would know that, right? I don't know how you don't know that. But how would I know that? Because they're everywhere. Like if you go outside and open your eyes,
Starting point is 00:02:49 a car's going to drive past you and some of the cars are going to have four seats and some of them are going to have seven seats and some of them are going to have two seats. And then there's these things where they have two wheels and just one seat. Shut up. Yeah, I know. huge. Shut up. No, you're not.
Starting point is 00:03:03 You didn't go two wheels. Motor bikes out! Oh, okay. I was like, I'm not how, now you're taking the piss. I'm just imagining this like unicard.
Starting point is 00:03:12 You've never seen a two-seater car. No, but I mean, I might have seen one, but it has not registered that it's only got two seats. I honestly, I feel like my head's going to fall off. I,
Starting point is 00:03:24 if you'd have sworn to you. I would do so much to Freaky Friday with you. And just to be, just to see. the world through your eyes just for a day. So personally, November, I got married. Oh my God, and my boot fell out of your wedding. Yes.
Starting point is 00:03:43 But back to you got married. You can have it. Thanks. And you didn't fall down the stairs. And I didn't fall down the stairs. And it was like, oh, the best day ever. Like, you're just, you're going to love yours. It's like, when people say, like, you do have the best day ever,
Starting point is 00:03:57 and I don't want to, like, put expectations of other people, because I feel like people said that to me and I was like, just because I'm saying that, just because of that, I know I'm not going to have a good day now. But actually I had... You're so spiteful. Yeah, it's so spiteful. Just because you said that, I'm going to have a straight wedding.
Starting point is 00:04:13 But actually had... It's chipping off your nose to spite your face. The time of my life, it was so much fun. It was, I mean, yeah, it was really fun. It wasn't my wedding. I just watched it, but it was cool. It was really good. You looked nice, didn't you?
Starting point is 00:04:25 Did I? Thanks. Really good. Miles away from how I look now. No, I disagree. But the whole thing was absolutely stunned. You had so fun. And I got to eat three meals.
Starting point is 00:04:35 Three courses. Unreal. That never happens to have gluten-free vegan at a wedding. I didn't be a part of the ounce for. Yeah, that was a lot. That was, it wasn't great. So I didn't have a lot of friends at Alex's wedding, just because, I don't know.
Starting point is 00:04:48 We just didn't know anyone. We kind of became friends, and then there was a pandemic, so, you know, didn't meet your friends. And, yeah, her sisters are dead nice, and I was having a lovely time. And I was just dancing, and my Alex went to the, bar so I was like oh I'll just I'll just hang out on the dance floor I was starting I was just grieving I was just chilling with Alex's sisters and yeah it's having a hoot and then I walked into
Starting point is 00:05:08 the bar which is very well lit by the way to go and look for Alex and I got through and I had a chat with Alex's dad uh Alex Light's dad missed Mr Light who had hosted a lovely day and I said thank you so much thank you so much for having me this has been so great and he was like yeah no worries and then I spoke to another girl who was so nice and had a really long chat with her and then I got to My Alex and I got to the bar and he just looked at me. I was like, oh my God, your boboop. I was like, oh my God, there's Mr. Light. See, my whole boob.
Starting point is 00:05:36 And then I put on Alex's waistcoat, my Alex. See, this is very confusing. Put on my Alex's waistcoat and I went back in and he was like, no, no, no, you look really cool. And I was like, okay, thank God. And then I got back to the dance floor and Dave, this Alex is now husband, just took one look at me and he was like, and you look really weird. I was like, you know what, Dave? so do you but I'm polite enough not to say anything
Starting point is 00:06:00 I love that yeah it did look funny oh so good Dracula yeah so yeah I did look like Dracula to be fair yeah so bad that that was really embarrassing but I am in your wedding book I'm really scared you're going to get your wedding photos back and it's just going to be
Starting point is 00:06:15 I can't wait spot the boom spot the boom be like way it's wally do you know I've got my because I was brought out I was brought to the world by foreseps And I've got the big foreseps marks in my head still.
Starting point is 00:06:29 Why did you say I was brought into the world by the foursets? Is that strange thing to say? It's a fucking strangest thing you've ever said. No, let me make it better. Some people come with a storm for you. Let me make it better. I was brought earthside by a pair of forceps. Is that better?
Starting point is 00:06:49 No. I hate that. It's horrible, isn't it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's horrible. I was born with foreseps. I don't know. I was delivered.
Starting point is 00:06:58 But yes. I was delivered by foreseps. Yeah. Excuse me for using my imagination of it. Apologies. I was delivered by foreseps. I've still got two giant dents in my head. So I'm always like, what are these dents?
Starting point is 00:07:12 Is it? Foreps, sunglasses or? I've got a big dent and I wasn't delivered by sunglasses. I'm diet. What are you delivered by? I was delivered by hands. Very traumatic emergency. cesare it may have been for a service actually yeah my poor like horrible super bad i made an entrance
Starting point is 00:07:32 hello hello i'm a working mother oh my god she's back i'm back oh go and i've got a baby she has a full-on full baby she's right here baby sized baby in her arms on my chest on your chest She's been a little queen. She's just had a little feed. Now she's having a little sleep. Honestly, it's a tough, tough life. Oh my God. I wish I was a baby.
Starting point is 00:08:07 I often think that, or a dog. No, no, no, no, no. Think about it. Think about it. Do you want to shake yourself on the, and you know what? Like, Arlo's day to date, nice enough. But we did just go to my mom's friend Amanda's house where she shot herself twice. Olo, not Amanda.
Starting point is 00:08:22 And we changed her napi on the kitchen table and everyone goes, that's a big poo. Now imagine, imagine, around your mum's friend's house and you do a big poo and everyone comes and looks and they go,
Starting point is 00:08:35 oh, that's a big poo. But the reason that we don't like to shit ourselves is because it's socially unacceptable as adults, but when you're a baby and also because you're uncomfortable but you get changed straight away and it's totally acceptable. And it's celebrated.
Starting point is 00:08:48 It's, yeah. Wow. I can't believe it. I can't believe I care. I can't believe I find it adorable. When she falls, I'm like, ooh! Get a girl.
Starting point is 00:08:57 It's quite sweet. adorable. Like this is one of my favorite things is all my hands on her ass and she farts and it's like, what's wrong with me? Vibrate. Who am I? Like all the horrible things that people did to their babies. I was like, ugh.
Starting point is 00:09:10 It's me. Yeah. Oh my God. Soon you will you will buy one of those little straw things where you suck their bogeys in. Okay. Right. We'll just go there, right? So I had a manicure the day before I went into hospital.
Starting point is 00:09:24 It was mostly luck, but it ended up being quite good plan. which is unlike me to be so organised, but good priorities. Anyway, my nails were really long, which as it turns out, it's incredibly useful for picking your baby's nose with. And it's the most satisfying thing in the world.
Starting point is 00:09:41 Everyone's like, they're not practical for newborn life. I'm like, tell that to my daughter's bogeys. Pluck, gluck, pluck, pluck, pluck. It's great. We do have one of those sucky things, but the tubes, they're not reusable. Every time, you have to get a new one.
Starting point is 00:09:56 And I just think, oh, my fingernails are reused. wash your hands. Oh, so it goes through me the sucky thing. I agree. I'm like, what if her brains come out? I was more thinking, like, what if something in the contraption fails and it goes straight into your mouth?
Starting point is 00:10:10 Yeah, fair enough. No, my concerns. Start and end with the brains, to be honest. How are you? Fine. Like really good. More than fine. I feel like we need a full-on catch-up for everyone because...
Starting point is 00:10:23 I know. I've just been out. Yeah, yeah. It's a whole month. Which is mad. Yeah. That is mad. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:10:29 It's, I can't believe it's been a month. I know, and I can't believe I took so lot. I'm really pleased I did though. Yeah, yeah, before she was born,
Starting point is 00:10:36 we talked about like, oh, I'll only be gone for like, a couple of weeks, you know, I'll be straight back and whatever, and I actually, I'm really proud of myself,
Starting point is 00:10:44 and I'm really grateful to you, obviously, but I'm really proud of myself that I took, that I listened to my instincts, and it was like, I'm not ready, I'm not ready.
Starting point is 00:10:56 and then this week I was like, oh, okay, I'm ready now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I'm really happy that I did that. I'm happy that you did that as well. I was worried that you were going to rush back and, you know, hate it. And hate it. And also you can't get this time back. No, that's what you kept saying to be, which I'm really, really grateful to you for.
Starting point is 00:11:13 And it's been a total blur. Like, yeah, just like what the fuck? Like, what the fuck? You're like, now doing this, I'm like, oh my God. But it's, I'm so happy. It's so good. Like I could cry with how good it is, I am full of hormones, but I could cry with how good it is.
Starting point is 00:11:31 That's really nice to hear. Yeah. That is so nice to hear. Yeah, I mean, obviously when I put that on Instagram and I said, I'm really happy. Everyone's like, this is very triggering. Yeah, very triggering for people that aren't happy. I was like, oh my God, what's happened to the internet?
Starting point is 00:11:44 But I said to you afterwards, didn't I? I was like, no matter what, and especially around being a mum, like, there's a reason that like the mum side of Instagram and TikTok and whatever is very, it's a hard space to be in. Yeah. And I do think that whatever you say, whatever you would have said, it would have been triggering to someone. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:12:03 And you would have got shit for whatever you said. It was a bit disappointing, I think, to get shit with my, that was kind of my first thing back. But I'm nearly deleted it. And then I was like, you know what? No, I'm glad you didn't. I'm really proud. I'm really, and I had so much good from people who messages from people who,
Starting point is 00:12:23 because I don't even mind saying it. I was, and I think you know this, I was so scared before she was born. Because people do put the fear of fucking death and yeah, okay, some people tell you the good stuff, but they tell you it quietly. And they tell you it like, it's this big secret. And they're like, oh, like, no, I had a really good birth actually.
Starting point is 00:12:40 But people feel embarrassed to say that because they don't want to, it's not fair on the people who have horrible birth. And some people do have horrible birth. My birth didn't go how I wanted it to at all. And I would still say on balance that it was really positive. But I, and I feel really, lucky because I know that not everybody gets that
Starting point is 00:12:57 but I am really proud that I can celebrate the fact that I'm doing okay because I'm no one is more surprised than me it's so good I the night before we went to the hoax I was induced um I was induced and my labour was induced and the night before they called me the day before it's so weird they didn't ring me the day before and they were like can you be at the hospital like 7 a.m I was like yeah okay and the night before I just sat at home and I cried because I was so scared about everything. I said, oh my God, my whole world's going to change.
Starting point is 00:13:27 And my friend Sophie explained it to me really well. She said, all you know when you're pregnant with the first child is what you're giving up. You know your life. You know how your dynamics work, how your friendships work, how your job works. And all you know with this baby is that it's unknown, like this massive thing's about to happen. And you know it's going to be good, but it's an insurmountable thing. It's like you can't conceive of anything. You don't know how good.
Starting point is 00:13:53 and you just have to trust people when they say that it's good but lots of people don't say that it's good lots of people say that it's shit so I just by the end of it I was just like oh my God like what what's going to happen and it was just I had a dream the night I had a dream at 2 a.m. that I was being eaten by a dog and I was like oh my god
Starting point is 00:14:10 this is a disaster I work on the 5am on the morning of my induction I was like I had an end dream that I'd been induced by a dog the curtains looked oh it was just it was a really bad night and then and then I was was in, well, sort of, I was having contractions for 29 hours in the end and then it ended up being an emergency C-section, but it was such a chill. I feel fraudulent taking the term
Starting point is 00:14:34 emergency because it couldn't have been, I walked myself to the theatre, it couldn't have been more chill, but, and then the second she was on my chest, I was like, oh, like, that's what they were like, that's the good bit and everything's been right in my world since then. Yeah. I just wish I'd, The harder bits of sort of paled in comparison to that. The harder bits are joy. It's a fucking joy. I'm so happy. And I'm so surprised how happy I am.
Starting point is 00:15:01 That's probably half the happiness. It's just surprised. I was even like, so during your pregnancy, we did do a lot of recording. And I actually at the end felt scared for you as well. Because even just what I heard people say to you. Yeah. And I was only with you for like, you know.
Starting point is 00:15:19 In passing, friends would say it. People don't realize. It was like a lot of sympathy for you. Yeah. Yeah. Like you've got no fucking idea. What you're in for? Yeah, it's going to be,
Starting point is 00:15:30 you're going to hate your husband. I have never loved Alex Moore. There no one prepared me for seeing him as a dad. Yeah. This is what he was born to do. Like everything, our whole priorities, our whole relationships changed in a way that feels exactly right. And also, I've got a kid that's like half him,
Starting point is 00:15:48 which is awesome. like it's just amazing but yeah but you're right people just they like they just say they just drop these little and I think people say it because in their current time they're having a bad day or whatever I don't know fuck knows what they do it but yeah I also think it's like I don't know it's not it's not seen as like cool anymore to discuss like the good side of parenting or I guess to be happy it's a bit cat kids isn't it to be happy like we don't do that anymore we like sad girl Like, sad delirous. Me and Alex, we just don't really fart in front.
Starting point is 00:16:24 He's not a massive farter. Is he not? No, we just, it's not really our thing. And he's, he is like a cat. He's so clean. Like, he doesn't like to do boy things, like gross things. Really? Like to smell or anything.
Starting point is 00:16:37 So, no, he's quite private. Like, if he has to trump, he'll, like, take himself off. I love that. Like, go and, like, do it quietly. Like, it's very, and, but, and I've had to do, like, I farted the other day on the sofa and I just wanted to die. I was like, oh my God, and it was like a little like, oh. And he looked at me like, what have you done?
Starting point is 00:16:55 I was like, I don't. Did you not just say, beware? It was fucking boo-oh. No, it was clearly me. It was clearly me. It came out of the back. It was clear. Dave is so disgusting.
Starting point is 00:17:05 Like beyond disgusting. Not really, but like I wouldn't like hold it in and be like, I can't. I never farted in front of my ex-boyfriend and he never farted in front of me. But those barriers soon came down when I met Dave because I think on our second date, he just happily, like, unapologetically farted. Maybe not second, actually, like a few dates in, but he just had no shame around the whole thing.
Starting point is 00:17:29 And I was like, do you know what? It's quite refreshing. I don't mind it. Okay. It would be nice to have a little bit of shame. Yeah. There's a balance. I mean, he does poo with the door open,
Starting point is 00:17:38 like trying to talk to me, so there's that. That's quite a lot. Did you ever? No. Also, I just didn't understand why he wants to. And I don't want anyone to hear my plot. No. I play music when I poo.
Starting point is 00:17:50 I watch TikTok. This morning because I ate beans for dinner and I woke up and this is like a really stressful part of like pregnancy. Sometimes you wake up in the morning, you're like, out. And then it's like, it's something wrong. And then I work at this morning and then I had to go through my mind. I had to go through last night and I was like, no, I just had baked beans for dinner. I'm fine.
Starting point is 00:18:08 So I decided to go and sit like six in the morning and just have like a big part. And I was like, oh, I'm fine again. I saw my friend recently and she said, that she went to the loo to do poo, right? Started watching TikTok and got so engrossed in TikTok that she forgot where she was. And so when she went to wipe, it was like it all dried. So she had to use an actual wipe rather than tissue paper because it had all dried. Oh my fucking God.
Starting point is 00:18:34 Because she'd been so long on the Lou. I just assumed it always just stayed there ready to be wiped. Yeah. Can I ask something? Do people not wipe their butts? You know when men have like skid marks and stuff? They just not wipe their bumps. Obviously not or not well enough.
Starting point is 00:18:48 That's fucking rank. I swear it's because it's the people who wipe standing up. I swear that's the problem. Why would you wipe standing up? Yeah, but a lot of people do. A lot of people do. You have to keep them spread. That's the point of the seat.
Starting point is 00:19:02 Yeah, oh yeah. I remember the day my bum first covered the loo seat. Covered? Yeah, like I remember the day my bum was like the size of the loo seat. Oh. Like the day I fit the loo. Do you know what I mean? I just remember for years like not fitting the loo.
Starting point is 00:19:15 And there was always a gas. at the back. So you can't properly spread? No, yeah, because you're just too small. What a day? I know. I remember... I hope you celebrated it. I don't tell you why. It's because my cousin is the same age as me. He's like two months older, but he's huge, like, and he's a boy and they grow faster. Yeah. I just remember him like just being able to do everything first. I don't remember that milestone in my life, which is crazy. Yeah, that is weird. I don't know why. We've got a novelty episode for us today because we are celebrating.
Starting point is 00:19:46 and should I delete that headquarters, which are not actual headquarters, because we are not. It does, yeah. We've, we've flashed out in an office space. We're broke. Imagine, oh my God, how fun would that be? It would be the worst use of money ever. But we do have an exciting announcement to make, and it isn't that Dave's writing a book. Oh, God. I fucked up with that one. You went around the houses with the announcement. I really did. I really did. I'm having a baby. You are having a baby. And I announced it with a picture of me, Dave Betty, and a little Dad Jokes book in the frame.
Starting point is 00:20:24 And when I tell you, everyone was like, thought that Dave... But like, why did they think Dave were... Like, obviously Dave wouldn't write a book. He might write a book. A Dad Jokes book. He does tell a lot of Dad jokes. I actually think that's one of the hardest books that you could write. Influences do pretty much any...
Starting point is 00:20:42 Like, you know, influencer books are... But that feels like a stretch. Imagine if I came to him, like oh m guess what Dave's just got a book deal I bet half a Collins would be like right now they're just working out their budgets to say what they can afford we can make this work I hear Dave me lose in the market for a yeah a book deal imagine if that doesn't come from this like that would be a massively missed
Starting point is 00:21:03 opportunity it's proper planted a seed in his head I bet it I bet it has I bet it has he's like but what if I'm like you're not even on an Instagram Dave he's going to be trially material well that's good I like that the guy who actually wrote the book that you used for the announcer that must be delighted with the exposure. Yes, so much exposure. I got it in a weird way. I don't know, but I feel like it was a bit chaotic and it's on brand. It's on brand.
Starting point is 00:21:28 It's fine. It's, yeah. Then you're having a baby. Love you baby. Oh, my gosh. I know. I know. So, like, this is weird.
Starting point is 00:21:36 It's not weird. Like, I mean, it's great. It's not weird because you've known from literally the start. Yeah. Lucky me. Which is actually what someone's asked. We did a Q&A box on, on, on, I should have delete that account and asked like for Q&As for this episode.
Starting point is 00:21:50 And someone said, when did M find out about it where we like literally straight away? Straight away. As soon as I did the pregnancy test. Yeah, I got a photo of the pregnancy test. Can you see a line or is that just me? It was like, is it just me that can see a line on this pregnancy test? It's like, it's a fucking line. It's definitely a line, isn't it?
Starting point is 00:22:03 But like that feels like such a long time ago. It feels so long ago. I feel like I've been pregnant forever. Yeah. I kind of feel like you've been pregnant for it. But it's what you said on Instagram. It's because you were on the hormones for so long before. well. Do you think? Yeah, so I think we feel like you've been hormonal for a long time. I've
Starting point is 00:22:20 been hormonal for so long. Yeah. Someone said to me the day like, a few weeks ago ago when I was halfway, someone was like, oh my fucking God, I can't believe your halfway and I was like, I really can. I feel like I am, I should be giving birth at this point. It's long. Pregnancy is long. Pregnancy's long. You just have to thank your lucky stars that you're not an elephant. They go for fucking ages. How long? I want to say like 18 months? They go for ages. Yeah, but also, imagine making an elephant. Like, imagine having to make an elephant.
Starting point is 00:22:51 Like, making a human is one thing, but imagine having to make an elephant. Yeah, I don't think I could. No way! I'd be way longer than 80s. I'd leave my whole life to make an elephant. There's no way I could do that. Oh, yeah. I mean...
Starting point is 00:23:04 No, that is way too long. But also, think about the fact you're making a human. And actually to do that in nine months is pretty impressive. Yeah, that's, that is weird. Like, because I've, I've felt so tired as I was like all pregnant. people do but like I was I definitely feel better than in my first trimester tired wise yeah but I'm still tired I still feel tired yeah and like everyone talks about this like you get and it's so energetic in your second trimester they like they like who's getting who's that who's energetic I know I'm not
Starting point is 00:23:33 not felt that yeah you I've thought you look glowing and you did make a difference to your hair I think it made your hair thicker and I did think you look glow yeah yeah whereas I went like semi bald and gray your eye you had no iron did you yeah no It turns like that's a key component for thriving. Making a baby. Yeah. But yeah, but then someone said to me, because I was like, I just, I feel like I should be like, woo, second trimester, I'm so full of energy and I'm not.
Starting point is 00:23:58 And they were like, but think about like you're making this baby. And I was like, oh my God, I've never actually thought about it like that. Of course, I said this to you the other day. Of course you're fucking tired. Like you're making eyeballs and buttholes and fingernails. But holes. You're making a butt hole. Yeah, hopefully.
Starting point is 00:24:14 You never know. Surprise, second hole. Such an overachiever. That's weird, isn't it? Yeah. Like, when I look at, when I looked at Ollo and she was like straightborn, I was like, holy shit, like, I'm surprised I could do anything as well as this. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:24:28 You can't, you can't upload an Instagram story when you're out and about. Literally. Because you can't do two things at once. Physically incapable. Basically incapable of doing two things at once. And yet here you are making a kid whilst also just chatting. It was my birthday and, I was asked for christening. and we thought we'd do a celebration of both things
Starting point is 00:24:54 at the weekend just gone and we literally just had the most amazing weekend so it's my birthday day before yesterday this is coming out there anyway, it was my birthday on Monday so the weekend we had the christening and the birthday and basically Alex said a long while ago oh my God we should build a slip inside it said it to my dad and I was like okay
Starting point is 00:25:12 this is just broken arms waiting to happen and I've been like ha ha ha ha jockey about it I was like stop it because I'm going to be a single mother when you go down this thing and break your neck, because this is a steep, steep hill. Anyway, they've teased it and joked about it and wanted to do it. And then when we got there, my dad, that was surprise, Matthew Slip and Slip in Slide. Which was, as it turned out, not broken army. It was so fun.
Starting point is 00:25:36 Like, it was amazing. Although, on Sunday morning, I was like, why does my Cesarian scar hurt so much? Oh, yeah. Slipping, slap. That'll be it. That'll do it. It was so fun. So I, I went down.
Starting point is 00:25:47 I disagree. Well, fair enough. I went down it a lot of times. And I thought, the first time I went down it, if you go down it slowly enough, if you went down on your bum, there was a bit where it levels out of the bottom where you hit a puddle where the first time I went down, because I was trepidacious, I didn't even hit the water. So I thought, Alex could do that. Al could do that. And I told you like 50 times, you could do that. And I really didn't want to do that. And Dave said, hell will freeze over before Alex goes down that slip inside. And I was like, I see that as a personal challenge, Dave. I'm not letting this rest. And you fucking ground me down. I did grind you down. And she went.
Starting point is 00:26:25 But let the record show she went willingly enough. Not really. You walked yourself up the hill. I was pushed up the hill. You walked yourself up the hill. I've got it on camera. Now, I need you to pick up the story here
Starting point is 00:26:38 because I can't understand the rationale that got us from the top of the hill to the bottom of the hill in the way that it went. I was given a tube. Is that what you call them? You were given a rebel ring.
Starting point is 00:26:50 A rubber ring. Yeah. It's given a rubber ring. And they've got handles on it. Yep. And I'd seen everyone go down on their bellies, on the rubber rings, holding the handles of the rubber rings. And they fly down like that on their bellies. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:27:04 But when I, so I put the rubber ring down at the top of the slip and slide. And I was like, it's time to go. But as I was getting, as I was getting down onto it, I was like, oh, I don't, I think I had the handles the wrong way around. They were kind of at the back. So I was like, I can't hold on to the hand. handles and then I was like but wait where does what goes in the middle of the rubber ring is it my boobs or my my my stomach I don't know I don't understand and as I was figuring all this out I slipped and I went down and I didn't have anything to hold on to so my hands were
Starting point is 00:27:35 just out and I was flying I was flying you had your hands out in front of you to try and stop me the whole way I was trying to stop myself all that I was doing was causing the water just splash up into your face I couldn't stop myself. Honestly, I was, I was like, death is upon me. Fay, Fay, say, come, come to see. Come, come, Fay. Whatever you think you're about to see you, it's worse. You stood up, there was just mud.
Starting point is 00:28:28 It looked like you've been one of those acclaid spas. There was just mud everywhere. When I eventually got into the lake, yeah, I think my face must have met the bank. I didn't even know that could happen. You know it's bad when like rather than laughing, everyone was like, are you okay? Are you okay? You were like, are you okay?
Starting point is 00:28:50 You're like, are you okay? You're okay. I'm so sorry. Are you okay? I was like, oh, I've really fucked it now. I thought this is going to be played at a court of law any day now. Tommy was just sobbing on the bank. He was mama, mama, mama. But the best thing about all of this was she did it again.
Starting point is 00:29:09 After the first time, and this time you really did go over. your own volition. And if anything, this one I prefer, this one, not least of all, because she started at the very top by practising. And I don't know why you didn't practice at the bottom on the flat bit, but she started practicing at the top of the hill. I thought I needed to practice. Facing, facing upwards, facing backwards. I'm scared I was going to go down if I, if I practice downwards. Now, this is an audio masterpiece. You don't need to watch this one so much as you need to hear it. I went really fast this time.
Starting point is 00:29:43 Well, at least I thought I did. So embarrassing. Tommy again. In tears. I thought I said that. I thought it was my inside voice that I said make it stop. Yeah, poor Tommy. It was just like sobbing into Dave's arms.
Starting point is 00:30:17 Mama. To watch her go like this. It was, yeah. I mean, when I watched it back, I was like, God, I was barely moving. In my head I was like flying. I couldn't stop it. I couldn't slow down. And I was like, I'm just building speed.
Starting point is 00:30:33 I'm going to hit the bank again. Make it stop. And I couldn't. It was so much fun. Looking back. I was really proud of you. Not, kidding. Not, it sounds sarcastic.
Starting point is 00:30:48 For going back. No, no, for doing it both times. Oh, thank you. Because it's quite scary. Look, at the top of the hill. It's really scary. It's really scary. And there were some injury sustained.
Starting point is 00:30:57 Yeah, no, there were. Within the party. But I actually think there was. Oh, yeah. No. Yeah. No. Lucy's was really bad.
Starting point is 00:31:02 I was going to say that there was, like, it was like a direct correlation between alcohol consumption and injuries sustained, but that wasn't the case for Lucy. She was the anomaly to that rule. I mean, Georgie's legs were like annihilated.
Starting point is 00:31:14 Battered in bruise, Niles back. Yeah, well, the boys started going down them without the hoops and I just thought natural selection is a, cruel mistress, do you know what I mean? It was amazing, though.
Starting point is 00:31:25 It was so much fun. Did you have a good weekend? Oh my God, I had the best. It was beautiful. I mean, I'm so tired. But we had, um, Yeah, it's nice actually. I talked about it online a little bit
Starting point is 00:31:33 and I want to talk more about this. But like I made, I feel so strongly and I'm so happy to see all the girlies going down the slip inside and particularly the mums. Because I do think it's really important that kids see mums having fun. And all the time it's dad doing the silly thing, dad doing the dangerous thing,
Starting point is 00:31:48 dad being the fun one. And like someone sent me a message after because I put on Instagram where I said, like I made a pact when the girls were born that if Alex does something stupid and silly, I have to do it too. Because I don't want that it's just, whatever. I don't want it just being him all the time, being the fun one. And then someone
Starting point is 00:32:05 replied and said, be the mum that gets your hair, be the mum that gets her hair wet. Oh, I really like that. And I loved it. Oh, see, I can do that. As a risk of us girly, I can't completely subscribe to that vow. Yeah. It's nice, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. That's so true. Yeah. Because Ollo said on my birthday, when I was swimming, she said, um, she said, go under water, mommy. And I was like, oh, no, do it. Yeah. And I was like, okay. Oh, that's really nice. And it is nice. That's going to stay with me that. I like that. Yeah, I think so too.
Starting point is 00:32:33 So it was an amazing weekend. It was so fun. It was so good. Yeah, Danty got baptized, got dunked. She was a hell of chill about it. Ridiculous. Literally so good. Ridiculous.
Starting point is 00:32:44 Stunning. So good. She was just like, just looking round like, hey. You guys are here for me. This mind's dunking me, not to worry. I'm all good. You all seem fine about it.
Starting point is 00:32:54 I'm happy. Oh, you're so sweet. Oh, it was amazing. It was so fun. Yeah. So, yeah, crushed it. Great weekend. Like I still has sunk in that I'm mum
Starting point is 00:33:04 Like when you say that I'm like What? That's not what? I know. I was this saying you without a kid? I'm like Nah. Are you sure? Are you sure? Did that really happen? I don't like I've got a child I've got a child like who approved that You know? I know. I know. Like who approved me to have a whole child a whole human Doesn't feel right but I am really really enjoying it. I actually I mean we've had teething issues It's got teething already? No no as in like Oh.
Starting point is 00:33:33 He's like, bloody hell. He's 10 weeks old. I'm just like, oh my God, is that possible? Yeah, he's got a full set coming through. No. We've had, you know, see, this is what I was worried about. I was like, I don't even know if we're going to be able to speak. You know, my brain feels a little bit like mush,
Starting point is 00:33:52 and I was scared of getting here today and being like, I can't actually get my words out. I keep looking for words, like in general, day-to-day life that I can't seem to like grasp, you know, know, very annoying. But we're having, you know, there's been a few, which there always is with newborns, isn't there, there's always going to be stuff. But I just, it's true that everyone said, you know, everyone said, oh, you can't prepare for
Starting point is 00:34:16 it, you just can't prepare for it. And I was like, is that really true? I'm a Virgo, watch me try. It's like, try my absolute hardest. I could not have prepared any harder and it is, it is true. Yeah, they just become, just, it's very extreme. The emotions are so extreme. It's so extreme.
Starting point is 00:34:31 There's not a rational moment. Right. There's not one moment of rationale in existence in my life anymore. Yeah. I feel like I've cried harder and more, but I've also like my cheeks have hurt from smiling more at the same time. And it's very weird. Everything is more extreme. So much more extreme.
Starting point is 00:34:53 You've got so many hormones, but you're also just so fucking tired. So many hormones that got my period yesterday as well. Oh, bloody hell. I haven't even properly, I've only had a two-dayer. Have you, well, mine only left for like three hours. Really weird. Really weird. Yeah, I mean, it kind of did before anyway. Oh, God, yeah. You haven't had a period in ages. I know. That's actually kind of cool.
Starting point is 00:35:10 It is good. I was excited, but then it kind of just went. But still, it was there. I got gas when mine came back in January and then it went away again. I had it for like an hour and then I was like, oh, see ya. And then I got in February, I got like a two-day and I was like, ha-ha. And then it's gone again. Somebody buckling up. Did it hurt? Yeah. Yeah. But that's really cool that you've had them because you didn't have them before. That was why. Yeah. Didn't have them. freezing.
Starting point is 00:35:30 Yeah, yeah. I didn't have them. So yesterday was like, this weekend was so bad. But part of me was like, I think I'm catastrophizing everything in my head. I can't be sure that this isn't rational. And then when my period came, I was like, ah, yes. I might have been catastrophes. That meme that's like, it's the end of the world.
Starting point is 00:35:47 I will never survive living. Like, I hate everything. I hate my life. And then she looks down and there's like blood in the knickers. And she's like, oh. It's like that meme. Yeah. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:35:58 So yeah, I have my period. Where was I? Extreme. Everything is extreme and the hormones are what. Those first two weeks, the hormones, I have never felt anything like it in my life. Some of the selfies, I think you sent me a photo and my Alex was like, how's girl Al?
Starting point is 00:36:13 And she showed him this photo that you sent me. You sent you like, I haven't stopped crying for three days. I don't know. I think she's all right. I couldn't really see it. I was so swollen. They're like happy tears, though? I don't know.
Starting point is 00:36:28 it was the hardest I've ever been hit by emotions, by hormones, by everything. And I took so many artificial hormones that I was like, oh, I'll be fine. Like I'm used to hormones. No, no. It was like times a thousand. I don't know. I can't even explain what the tears were. They were half, like Dave would walk into the room and I'd be weeping and he'd be like,
Starting point is 00:36:49 what now? And I'd be like, I've just thought that he might get bullied when he's older in school, you know? And then he came in another time and I would be like. And then he came in another time and I was crying and it was because he just lost his first eyelash and I didn't know what to do with it. And Dave was like, oh my God, do I need to call someone? Do I need to call your mom?
Starting point is 00:37:10 Just so irrational but yeah. No, it's not. I mean like, well yeah, but it also just hits you sideways. Yeah. Like the night before Arlo's first birthday, I sat and it came out of nowhere. Yeah. And I just sobbed.
Starting point is 00:37:23 I just sobbed. And it's like there's nothing. And then she woke up on her actual birthday exactly the same. It was like, I was like, I was like, a part of my baby. And then in the morning I was like, hello. Yeah, obviously you're exactly the same as what you were, but you're not rational.
Starting point is 00:37:37 But that's a huge milestone as well. But you can't get, I don't know, everything. Yeah, all I turned one while I was away. Yeah, she did. Oh. Like, you've got a baby, I've got a kid. I know. A toddler.
Starting point is 00:37:47 Yeah, walking, quite badly talking. Like, she's all over the place. This speech. But, yeah. Yeah, like, yeah, she walked. I mean, you've seen her. She walks. I know.
Starting point is 00:37:59 She probably walks. I know. I know for achiever, man. She did that so early. So cute. Yeah, I know. She is so cute. And she loves Tommy.
Starting point is 00:38:07 Like, she loves babies, but she was so excited. I've got a photo for the day after her first birthday when we came down to see you and meet him. And she just gets, she disappoints him. It's like, she just, like, Baba, Baba, Papa, Papa, Papa. I know. She's trying to kiss him. Oh, God, it's all she does. And she loves me, which is so unusual.
Starting point is 00:38:24 No child. No child is. liked me. Your kid likes you? Well, yes, but thank God. Thank God. That was a big worry, wasn't it? Even my nephew.
Starting point is 00:38:33 I know, Alo does love you. She does. It's so sweet. It's good vibes. Thank God. Oh, my God. There's so much to catch up on. I know, life's flow.
Starting point is 00:38:41 So much to catch up on. Jesus. Do you feel like you're finding your feet now? Like, it's been... Yes. I'm still not very long, but... Definitely. And I think I suddenly understand why you need to walk.
Starting point is 00:38:55 and why you love getting out of the house so much. Thank you so much for understanding me. I've not understood that until he was born. Yeah. And now it is like the best medicine. I'm really pleased to hear that like you found that. Because someone said to me before she was born it was like, and it works for adults too.
Starting point is 00:39:12 But it's like with kids either get them outside or put them in water. And like that will fix all your problems. Yeah. Like outside or in water. And it's been... Water? Give them a bath. Okay.
Starting point is 00:39:23 I'll take him for a walk. He does love the bath. Yeah. I mean, who doesn't? I would love, I mean, I wouldn't like to be bathed because it would be incredibly awkward. Particularly in the way that she's bathed, like flannel between the butchings.
Starting point is 00:39:37 Sit for a second. I don't think I'd love that. However, like all your favourite people sitting around you, like, why are you just like playing with your toilet? Like, what a tree? That is such a treat. And this nice warm water. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:39:54 And just, oh, like it's all just a hoot. Oh, yeah, that's, yeah, Arley Lezabat. She peered on the bathroom floor night before last. Did she? Yeah. Does she put it in the bath? We've yet to have one in the world. Oh, my God.
Starting point is 00:40:05 I don't mind that I can handle that. But the bathroom floor felt like a bit of a dirty protest. I'm going to tell a story that my sister's going to kill me. I won't say which sister, there you go. I won't say which sister. But when I was little, I was bathed with one of my sisters. Definitely, Jen. And she's the next one down in age.
Starting point is 00:40:23 It's the logical. It's the logical. Cool. She pooed in the bath. Jen! And she'd been eating tomatoes. Shee! And I like, recognized that the poo was, like, had tomatoes in it.
Starting point is 00:40:35 And I have never eaten tomatoes since, to this day. Have you not? Nope. Jen! The only time is when there's accidentally like a tomato seed left in a sandwich and I will gag. Because of the poo? I think, I think anything that's happening between, like... I just can't...
Starting point is 00:40:51 I have a real aversion to tomatoes. Yeah. And it's all her. How old are you? Because it sounds like you're probably like 10. Like, it sounds like you were old enough to really have a formative opinion. You find this event traumatic. I don't know how old or I was.
Starting point is 00:41:03 Last one moment, actually, I'm not sure. But it was old enough to recognise what was going on. And I'm, yeah, anyway. You did a bath once. So gross. It was bobbed by me. I was like five years older than it. I was like, ugh.
Starting point is 00:41:15 That is gross. Yeah. Oh my God, that car journey back home. Bonkers, isn't it? Yeah, I was like, Dave was driving. We had to go on a. motorway and I was like is there any way we can alter the route so we don't have to go on the motorway and he was like no we have to go on the motorway and I was like can you just drive at like 40 miles an hour and he was like I can do 50 but like even at 50 I was like he's too fragile I can't do this he's too oh it was crazy ladies and M's sister's new boyfriend welcome to the should I delete that podcast live show.
Starting point is 00:42:00 We've gone off the rails. We've got our drinks. I hope you guys have yours. It's taken its toll, the live show. The stress. Noe we joke, mostly. Oh gosh. I was just going to tell you a story.
Starting point is 00:42:12 Oh, is this your tragic holiday. Yeah, this is a last minute edition. I'm really pleased to be hearing this. They were talking about her and the sister were talking about this really tragic story. I've really buried it, actually. It really buried the story. I've written it out of because
Starting point is 00:42:26 you know it was actually quite cathartic to write it out and I don't know it just feel like I released them with the trauma so I had my first kiss for the boy in holidays my first day of my oh my god we're getting your first kiss story yeah wow um obviously I fell in love with him because that's the kind of person I am like very dramatic like all or nothing fell in love with him and I thought this was a stunning romance that was going to last the test of time like I was fully invested I didn't eat sleep like I just thought about him or Can anyone else that she'd see, like, love hearts, like, floating above her head? Like, I've got it to leave, but we, like, went back to this same place every year,
Starting point is 00:43:09 and I knew that I'd see him the next year, so I was like, it's fine. Like, I was soothed by that fact, and I thought, you know, that's just how it's meant to be until we can be together fully, you know? I'm so pleased you're married, because if you were single, I'd be frightened. Every day it would be like, I'm in love. No, it's bad. It's not good. It's not good. I know. I used to have been left as well, we were apart. Quite a few love letters.
Starting point is 00:43:35 In my, like, I remember it clearly in my, like, fountain pen. I was like, I used to be quite good at handwriting. I didn't want to flex. Like, I don't know. I used to be really good at handbook. I actually won a handwriting competition one once, and I won 30 pounds, but I don't want to... I'm sorry, I got side track.
Starting point is 00:43:52 Thank you. I'm sorry. You are the worst for the humble brag. I want 30 pounds. I took my family out for a meal last minute. I think I was like seven. And I ordered a lasagna and there was a little worm on top of my lasagna. What?
Starting point is 00:44:18 But the worst was no one was believing me in my family. I was like, I don't believe you either. I don't believe you either. Like, let me a worm on your lasagna. It was like a little maggot, like a little... That's way worse than a worm. They put salad on the top of, you know, to garnish the lasagna, and there was a little one. And I was saying to my mum and dad, on my granddad, I said, like, there's a worm on my lasagna.
Starting point is 00:44:42 And I would just stop it, just eat. You'd be fine. And I was thinking, like, it's really a worm on my leg. This is... Anyway... You know what? I'm going to take us away even further. This is really bad.
Starting point is 00:44:50 During lockdown, Alex decided to cook one night, and he got a whole load of organic... Oh, this is really bad, actually. he's really going to lower the mood, but he got a whole little volcanic cabbage and he, all lettuce or something, and he put it all in a bowl, all that, and then we got it out, and they were just like, a bunch of caterpillars in there.
Starting point is 00:45:03 That's disgusting. Then we were like, oh my God, they were fine, they were alive. It was awful. Nearly ate there. That's really horrible. She had told me that, actually, because that really puts me off.
Starting point is 00:45:13 I sent him letters. I sent him letters. I sent him multiple letters. He didn't reply to them. He hadn't replied to them, but I had presumed that they just got lost in the post Like, back in the day, like, Post was, could be very unpredictable. Or in World War II?
Starting point is 00:45:29 Like, yes, it was, it was not right in, like, the 2000s. We went back a year later, like, obviously, I mean, I was, I was, like, 13. But I tried to glam up in the... I get it, I get it. As 13-year-olds, as much as 13-year-olds can glam up. I don't know. I was just, like, trying to look my best sound, but I was so excited. I was going to see him, and he was there.
Starting point is 00:45:53 And he completely... No. No. Don't you're like, no. I've written. He completely nor being. He didn't even say hi to me. Devastated, does not cut it. We were literally in the same swimming pool, in the same complex, not a word. In the same pool? He pretended, like, I didn't admit.
Starting point is 00:46:13 And I was like, at the year of my life. That could have gone, like, I thought you were going to be fat with a restraining order or something. So that's not as bad as it could have been. No, it's quite sad. But it's not good. And you, the best thing is that your sister knows this. Does everybody know? My whole family witnessed him, just like refusing to acknowledge my existence.
Starting point is 00:46:34 After a year of being like, oh, my boyfriend, my boyfriend, Christian. Like, what are you doing, writing a letter to my boyfriend Christian? We get there. I'm so excited to see Christian. And he's like... Your boyfriend! You're boyfriend! That's true.
Starting point is 00:46:53 It's really bad. I'm really sorry. Oh my God. Well, the rest of my dating life went, really. Oh, does Dave ignore you on holiday in the pool? That's my husband, Dave, Dave's like. Hey. Hi.
Starting point is 00:47:09 Hello. Hello, and welcome back to you. Should I delete that? I'm M. Clarkson. I'm Alex Light. And we're alone today. Because I'm pregnant. Big news to talk about.
Starting point is 00:47:22 We... Yeah, we... We're gonna talk about me. I can tell you feel uncomfortable already. You feel awkward. I feel like I've talked about myself so much over the last few days. But yeah. Congratulations.
Starting point is 00:47:37 Thanks so much. Yeah, like you haven't known for ages. Thanks ever so much. I can now retch in public. Excellent. Talk us through. Catch us up. Catch everyone up.
Starting point is 00:47:49 Well, there'll be so many questions. There are so many questions. Where do we start? I'm going to answer the top question. Did I run under Marathon Pregnant? which literally had so many comments on Instagram being like, oh my God, does this mean?
Starting point is 00:48:01 It does. I did. But I didn't know. I found out. Well, I knew when I started running, I thought, I feel funny.
Starting point is 00:48:10 And I just, I don't know, I had a feeling. And then I was like, yeah, I did it. You know when you have a little thing in your head and then you're like, oh my God,
Starting point is 00:48:16 I'm sure. And then I said, no, I don't want to get too excited and then be wrong. So I got home after running the marathon. By the end of the marathon, I was 100% sure because I was so breath. Really? Yeah, because it's like the progesterone.
Starting point is 00:48:29 I was so breathless and I actually went to the GP about it because I couldn't, when I finished marathon, I couldn't catch my breath and I didn't know if it was panic. I didn't know if it was hay fever and I sat down with my mum and my sister and I was like, I just can't breathe. It was so weird and I don't really get hay fever, but like I don't know it's so weird. And then I do get quite aspiratory occasionally with my debt. That's why I don't have dairy and stuff. It ain't easy being wheezy. So I just, I figured it was that. And then I went to, to my GP and I spoke to her. And yeah, because, well, I came home for the marathon,
Starting point is 00:49:03 sure that I was pregnant, took a pregnancy test and it was negative. And I was like, oh, what? And then I thought, well, of course it's negative. I've drunk so much water, had so many electrolytes. Yeah. Like, this is not the day. And it was early. I was like, this is not the day to find out.
Starting point is 00:49:18 And then I went to the GP because I was like, well, if I'm not pregnant, then why can't I breathe? And she was like, well, it must be asthma or whatever. And I said, well, I could be pregnant. She was like, well, yeah, okay. And then I took another pregnancy test on the next day. And you were pregnant? Yeah, so fun.
Starting point is 00:49:31 How many weeks were you then? I don't know. A few. Okay. But it was before my pregnancy, critically, it was before my pregnancy symptoms started. Like, I didn't, like any, I didn't want the miscommunication to be actually run a marathon with HG. I did not. I did not have HG at the time of the marathon.
Starting point is 00:49:47 I felt absolutely fine. You'd actually just die if you had to do that. Like, it's just not possible. I sit, I can't walk. Like, there's no way. I tried to keep running at the beginning at the pregnancy this time because I was like, this time I'm going to do it because I didn't do it at Lalo, like I'm going to run.
Starting point is 00:50:02 And I managed it until week six. And I filmed myself actually on my runs, but I threw up on two of them. And then on week six, I tried to go for one and I just burst into tears. Because my lovely friend Lucky is pregnant, super pregnant. She's part to have her baby and she's been running the whole way through.
Starting point is 00:50:20 And it's been so proud of her. And I'm so happy for her. And I kept thinking, I want this to be me. Like, I want this to be me. And then I, at six weeks, and I was just like, it's not going to be me. This is not my story. So I'm obviously not running.
Starting point is 00:50:32 I think, I feel like surviving is the priority right now. Like, I feel like you can put running to one side. I agree. Running can come back. Well, running can come back. You know, your whole life are running to come back. And I know I can do my, like, I know I can do the rebuild. And like, I'm still holding out.
Starting point is 00:50:48 I'm really holding out hope that I'm going to get to a point in this pregnancy where I could go for a run. Yeah. That's like dream. It's just like that I, because HG last time lasted until the end, but it wasn't as severe as it is this time, whereas it's been very severe,
Starting point is 00:51:01 and it was very severe at the beginning. And it's still not great now, but it's not as bad as it was. Well, actually, I'm going to explain HG for anyone. He doesn't know what it is because I keep getting comments saying, what's HG? It stands for hyper-emesis gravidium,
Starting point is 00:51:13 and it's basically, that's a medical term for, like, chronic and persistent sickness in pregnancy that causes dehydration and weight loss. So it's, I mean, It's horrible. It's really horrible. But it does affect up to as many as 2% of pregnant women, which I said this to my dad and he's like, that's actually quite a lot.
Starting point is 00:51:34 And yeah, it's not massively known. I know so many like women who were not diagnosed with it who weren't taken seriously. I've been really lucky both times. I think it's much more common in second pregnancies for it to be treated much more effectively because you know it's coming. You were able to advocate for yourself better,
Starting point is 00:51:56 but you're also going to have, your notes will show that it's happened before. So you go on treatment much quicker, which I did this time. Last time with Arlo, I was, it's hard to compare them because I was really resistant to medication with her.
Starting point is 00:52:08 Yeah. Because I just, I was so scared. And I was prescribed psychosine, which is first line. It's like not very strong. And I was prescribed that and I thought, like,
Starting point is 00:52:17 I don't want to. Like, it's not natural. Like I, I don't know, I'm so scared. I'll ride through it. I'll push through it. And no one had said,
Starting point is 00:52:24 high premises to me. I'd just been given this like pill for how sick I was being. And then I went for a, like my 12 week scan when I was 11 weeks, I think. And the lady there said, high premises. And it was the first time I heard it. She was like, why are you fighting? Because I was so ill in the appointment. She's like, why are you fighting this? Take the pills. I was like, that's a, that's good logic. I like, I like, so I started cycling, which was like first time. And it kind of abetted it and like got me through and I was fine. It wasn't fine, but I was better until 27 weeks pregnant. And that's when I got really sick with Arlo out of nowhere,
Starting point is 00:53:00 kind of like first of December. Maybe more than 27 weeks. Anyway, I remember it's first December because it's my friend's birthday and it just came like crazy back. And I was in the third trimester by then. And then I went on on Danceron, which is the second line medication, which there are like associated, I could talk about this forever. I could talk about how.
Starting point is 00:53:21 how differently this illness would be treated if men suffered with it. Yeah. But there's not been a lot of research into Ondansetron. And there has now. But there hadn't been. And I think there was quite a lot of scare mongering about it. So they basically were saying that like,
Starting point is 00:53:36 if you, if you Google it, there was some evidence to show that there was associated risks in early pregnancy with Ondansetron and heart defects and with a cleft palate. Which I was like, well, if it's a cleft palate, that's no biggie, but actually it can be a biggie.
Starting point is 00:53:54 Like it's more than a cleft lip, like a cleft palate can be a problem anyway. Didn't, that wasn't something I had to consider in the first pregnancy because I was never going to take on Dantztron early on. Yeah. I didn't, whatever, I wasn't that, I didn't need it. This time at like week six or seven, it was, it came on. So I was put on, I was put on it straight away. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:54:13 And I was resistant initially. And I was put on a smaller dosage. I was put on a four milligram dosage three times a day. And I was a bit resistant. And then. I spoke to a doctor about it and he was just like, to put it bluntly, they don't really have a choice. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But also, when I did much more reading about it, everything's been discredited.
Starting point is 00:54:34 There was an additional, like, 1% cleft, heart defect was completely debunked. Right. But the cleft palate, and I'll get my stats wrong, but it's basically, they were like, there's like an extra 1% of births with cleft palettes, but they might account for the births that wouldn't have happened on that. Tron not happened because some pregnancies can't survive and a lot of women with HG choose to terminate their pregnancies. Yeah. Will make the impossible choice to terminate the pregnancies because they can't do it.
Starting point is 00:55:02 So that might be the reason. Anyway, so I didn't fight him for very, um, you, you, you had to, you had to take it. Yeah. You got to. I started it on the tour, didn't I? Yeah, you did. Yeah. And I went up a dose on the tour because I think I just started it smaller dose and then it wasn't,
Starting point is 00:55:21 working enough. Yeah. And then it's been, I think it definitely peaked it for me, now peaked at week 11, which is exactly what the doctor said it would do. Okay. And I haven't been hospitalized since then.
Starting point is 00:55:33 So. Are you feeling any better? Like, yeah, I mean, you know, I'm out of bed. Like, the tour, I can't remember how pregnant I was specifically on the tour, but about nine, between nine and 11 weeks maybe. Yeah. Ten and twelve.
Starting point is 00:55:48 You were just sick. It was really sick. And when we were, we got back from the tour maybe it was early than 11 weeks actually i think it was maybe like 8 and 10 whatever anyway but when i got back from the tour i couldn't get out of bed for days i think i did two weeks in bed pretty much consistently um absolutely brutal yeah it was really bad and then i went to hospital i think we got home from the tour we got home from the first bit with glasgow on wednesday and i got off the flight and i picked up arlo and i nearly collapsed and as i picked her up i was like i'm
Starting point is 00:56:17 going down and then it was like this isn't great so i went straight from the hospital to the hospital sorry, straight from the airport to the hospital. Yeah. Although the cab driver wouldn't take me because we had a pre-booked cab. And we were like, can we go home? And then we were like, actually, we need to go to the A&E. And he was like, it's the other side of your house. Like, it's further than you've booked.
Starting point is 00:56:34 So I was like, are you kidding? Like, please. So he dropped me off at home and then I had to get another cab. That's very annoying. It's so British. So inconvenient. And it's so funny because when I got to the hospital, one of the nurses was like, you were on tour. And I was like, oh, no.
Starting point is 00:56:51 Hello. That's so funny. So nice here. You're like, yeah, kind of. Sort of, yeah. We'll be getting a few days. And that was on the Wednesday. And then we went again on the Sunday.
Starting point is 00:57:01 And then I was the following Saturday. I was back in the hospital again. Honestly, bravo to you for doing it. I couldn't have, I wouldn't have done it. Like I just, I would have done. We also didn't really have the insurance not to. Yeah, we kind of. We didn't tell the insurance I was pregnant because I didn't know when we did it all.
Starting point is 00:57:20 I don't know if I'm allowed to say this, but when we agreed everything, no one asked. So I didn't tell anyone. And then it was when I told the promoter on like the first day, I was like, I'm really sick. We just saw her face fall. Yeah. When you said it's because I'm pregnant. She just looked devastated.
Starting point is 00:57:34 I know. She went super quiet. I was like, oh. And then she was like, I don't think, I think we have to tell the insurance. I was like, no, no, no, no. Not just up pregnant. Shh. So they did feel like on the couple of levels, I don't want to let people down because we know the commitment.
Starting point is 00:57:49 So many. people like you know made to get to the shows and stuff and we really didn't want to post then and i also just kind of thought if it's like last time it's not going anywhere so yeah and i can't just like not live my life like i just have to do this and it was like it was fun yeah it was really fun and i wouldn't have changed it you sure yeah sorry now you can hear the guy i was going to say the great thing is is now that i'm can like it would like Daisy doesn't have to cut out all the gags she can gag and peeve Dave Dave Dave Daisy can probably like spot the gag as a ways.
Starting point is 00:58:23 Daisy's a pregnancy test. She can literally just see. Spot the gag. So bad. Hello and welcome back to Should I DidEat That? I'm in Clarkson. I'm Alex Light. Yes, you are.
Starting point is 00:58:40 It sound like pure shit. No. Disagree. I think I'm going to give you some set. Oh, can I, okay, hang on. I'm going to give you, I'm going to feed you some lines and I want you to read them back to me. Okay. Okay.
Starting point is 00:58:51 Let me just Google the lines I want you to read. Are they going to be sexual? I'm literally Googling sexiest sentences ever. It's not gone. What's the sexiest sentence you've ever heard on Reddit? Mature content. You know, I'm not going to be allowed to view it because of my phone contract. A child lock.
Starting point is 00:59:09 Oh, I'm in? No, I'm not. I've been blocked. Let me try another website. 12 sexy sentences that will drive any man wild. Are you ready? Oh, I'm ready. Let's put headphones in because...
Starting point is 00:59:21 Okay. I don't think this would drive me wild, but I love it when you wear that shirt. It really brings out your body part. I think you're supposed to put in the body part. I don't think you're trying to say body part. I love it when you wear that shirt. It really brings out your arms. I love it when you wear that shirt. It really brings out your arms. The cough ruins it. The cough ruined it, agree. Now you sound like some amy. sex pest who's lived in the building for like 52 years, just making mulberry reds the whole time. Be like, Barbara, stop. I'm just trying to come back to that. Yeah, that's not the kind of neighbor I'd want. Good sentence, good sentence. They really turned it up again, yes,
Starting point is 01:00:15 but if you, just before you go, if you would write this to me, if we were alone right now, what would you do to me? not make eye contact with me please I'll start out look away if we were alone right stop stop silly okay if we were alone right now
Starting point is 01:00:38 what would you do to me oh my god this is the worst episode ever oh my god producer Fay is just looking at it as like how the fuck am I going to edit this just read that one just read that one you were a stallion last night
Starting point is 01:00:59 okay fine that's right I don't want to read Mom, you know, oh no, no. Not mom, Freud's lip, finish the sentence. Not mom. Not mom. You know, just looking at you in that outfit is making me what?
Starting point is 01:01:19 Oh, you made me read that. I love that you don't read ahead. I don't read ahead. I like that I now know that. Mom. I need an inhaler. I really hit and miss because it's like this one's like, I can't wait, I want you right now.
Starting point is 01:01:37 It's like, okay, that's, you know, whatever. And then the next one is like, even the way you action makes me horny, fuck. Why have they put the fuck at the end? And also, what was the action? Oh, what they're putting in stars? In ansterisks, yeah.
Starting point is 01:01:50 So I can fill that in myself. Even the way you... Even the way you burp makes me horny. Fuck. Even the way you get off. I hate the word horny, it makes me want to cry. Every time I'm like, oh no. Isn't it a horrible word?
Starting point is 01:02:04 Horny baby. Yeah. It's just, it sounds like something Austin Powers would say. It sounds like, Nobody other than Austin Powers. No, I know, but it doesn't sound like it should come out of anybody's mouth apart from his. And actually, Mike Myers gives me the willies a bit to the point that even, I think because of that, I even struggle with Shrek. Although, do you guys know how many people fancy Shrek?
Starting point is 01:02:21 Go on. Well, no. I get that. No, I do get out. Let me remember my son. Hot news statistics out from the home office. New cover of Don a podcast. Like, I keep seeing like TikTok, like, like, like, like, dad, like, like,
Starting point is 01:03:10 Daddy, like, Daddy, like, like, Shrek, like, Daddy. Like, Daddy thing, yeah. I get that. He lives in a swamp. No, no, no, it's like, he's, like, big and, like, gruff and, and, like, rugged and, like, he'll tell you how it is. He doesn't mince his words, and he just doesn't care about how he looks, and he's just, you know, track, isn't it? I don't know, I get it. I get the appeal.
Starting point is 01:03:57 This is worse than Steve Correll. by a long way. Oh, come on. Shrek, he revolves me. Do people fancy Shrek? Ask how many? Oh, AI. Yes, people do enjoy the Shrek movies.
Starting point is 01:04:13 Not what I'm asking, AI. Why is Shrek sexy? Excellent. It is simply in his looks and the way he acts. Whenever he opens his ogre mouth filled with onions, everyone squeals in delight. Shrek appeals to all genders,
Starting point is 01:04:27 no matter what that person's orientation may be. I can tell you this. that if you ask someone, do you think Shrek is sexy or hot, they will answer always with a yes. There is no question asking why Shrek is sexy because everyone already knows why. Hello. Hello. Oh, you did.
Starting point is 01:04:48 You had an awkward little frog. I'm not at a practice. Can we do it again? Hello. Hello. Hate myself. I have the cutest little view. Don't be a pervert, Al. Little, God stop it.
Starting point is 01:05:02 I've got little Zanthi. I know. She's so cute. I'm back. You're back. You've had a whole other baby. There's a muffin on the table. And I'm not even like gagged at the sight of it.
Starting point is 01:05:14 Before we started recording, we were saying that for Fay and Dex, this is the first time they've ever met you, not pregnant, not ill. It's basically the first time they've ever met me. We're waiting for a review. No, I think I'm allowed six months. No, three months. Like, how long does it take to get to know a person? A lifetime, really.
Starting point is 01:05:32 but okay we can it's too deep let's just go three weeks three weeks there's plenty so she was born on on sunday on friday i was an a and e with arlo who had an ear infection and a perforated ear drum oh my god like yeah like blood coming out of her ear i mean she was so ill well obviously obviously that had to happen just as the baby was being born but it was so good because it was like such a big distraction in a way and she got all her illness out the way so she was better for the baby better for christmas it was fine um um but But yes, I went in on Sunday morning. God, it was nuts.
Starting point is 01:06:06 Like, they just, they like, come on in. It was like half an hour. I was the first sort of the day because of the sickness and because... Oh, that's so great. I know the longer you wait, like, the perverse thing with HG is the hungry you get, the sicker you are and it's horrible. So it's always, but you can't eat before a C-section, obviously. Okay, thank God.
Starting point is 01:06:22 You were first in. Yes, I had my first one in and I wasn't bumped or anything. So she was born at like 10 to 9 in the morning. What was she born to? What song? Oh, she was born to... Well, to be honest, I made this playlist, because I knew she was going to be my sunshine
Starting point is 01:06:38 and she'd be my happy ending. So I made a playlist called Sunshine Songs. She was born to a song for you by Donnie Hathaway. You're like, that's the beginning of it. Like, how beautiful is that? But actually, I wasn't really cognizant of that because I was super loopy and they gave me every single anti-emetic available.
Starting point is 01:07:01 So my blood pressure was like terrible. So I was a bit like, woo. But the first time I had any consciousness, really, was when they put her on me and make you feel my love was playing, you know, the Adele version. And it was like, I would go black and blue for you, like, there's nothing I wouldn't do for you.
Starting point is 01:07:16 And it was like, oh, God, I'll cry. But it was, it was just, it was so emotional because it's like, I've just been through so much and like, here you are. And like, obviously you're all worth it. And I hope you feel this love. And it was, like, oh my God, me and Alex are both just Iraq. Like, so emotional.
Starting point is 01:07:32 Even more emotional than Arlo's birth, I think. It was just so emotional this time. Her significance is just, it's just so much bigger because of everything you went through. A hundred percent. Yeah, that's exactly it. The significance of her birth is just...
Starting point is 01:07:43 It's huge. It was the pregnancy ending, and it literally felt like I was like coming back to life. Yeah. Yeah, it was a lot. It was amazing. It was just, honestly, the happiest, because she's born on 22nd,
Starting point is 01:07:53 it was like the happiest three days of my life. It was just extraordinary. I'm, I'm, debating whether or not to read this one. Well, obviously you have to read it now. Well, it's going to cringe you out. And it's going to cringe me out as well. But it's really nice.
Starting point is 01:08:11 Okay. Okay, I'll just do it quickly and we'll see. Subject is live show love. Okay. Dear Alex M and Daisy, happy birthday. We did mention it the live show. It was on your birthday? Yeah.
Starting point is 01:08:26 Why didn't you tell us that it was on your birthday? Did you find the email? No. Oh. I was looking for an email. Oh. We're going to spoil the surprise. We got you a delivery voucher for your birthday.
Starting point is 01:08:35 That's so nice. I'm going to get a big tie. Cool. Oh my God, M. That's so mean. What? I feel more embarrassed of the thing I just did. Well, because I was like, I wish it would have been a camera on you.
Starting point is 01:08:53 Wait. That's so nice. Hang on. What do you mean it was mean? You just lassoed the air and went, I'm going to get a big tie. And I'm mean for laughing. Yeah. My birthday, I'm going to be tired.
Starting point is 01:09:07 See, it's catchy. We're actually the songwriter of our generation. Maybe. You didn't rip that out. Really quickly. It's a little something she'd been working with. I'm going to get a big time. I wish there's a camera on her.
Starting point is 01:09:23 That's really embarrassing. I'm sorry. You've got to have to be last. Please. I'll find the voucher. It was sent you a work email address, but. I'll look. I'll look. I'll find it. Don't worry. We'll find it. Anywho. Okay. I'm going to get a big tie.
Starting point is 01:09:41 We need photos about big this tires. That's the funniest thing I've ever seen you do. It was the last thing. It's random. That's also like it, I think. I'm going to get a big tie. The most normal me thing I've ever done. I'm going to get a big time. Loved it.
Starting point is 01:10:02 It's got her a flag. It is Pride Month, to be fair. We'll give you a pass. On the cringe. I don't deserve it. I'm going to get a big time. Anywho. Anywho.

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