Today we talk about being moms who also work other jobs on the side. There seems to be some negative ideas around being a mom who has some side hustles, and we want to chat through how we work as moms and why we chose to do it that way.

It's hard to be a mom, but it's also not impossible. Eren and Ashley talk flexibility in work structure, some of the downsides, but also the incredible help in community.

0:00-0:55 Intro and Chit Chat

0:56-18:02 Deciding to go back to work after kids

18:03-22:05 Rant about Maternity Leave in the U.S.

22:06-28:39 Back to Ashley's working mom experience

28:40-33:26 Figuring out time off as a contracted employee

33:54-37:33 Comments people make about working moms

37:34-39:13 People who think work from home jobs are just fake

39:14-43:29 When people only talk to you about your kid...and nothing else (also Ashley's job as an ESL teacher)

43:30-49:44 TAKE the TIME to not lose yourself

49:45-56:58 Lizzie's Take

56:59-1:02:34 Final Thoughts and one more awkward story...

Today we have 2 crazy birth stories for you. One from Ashley and one from Eren. From C-section to seizures these births are wild. Join us as we share our experiences, some of our fears along the way, as well as the best moments of meeting our kids for the first time. Also, a sidebar about the total lack of knowledge of the female body from our 7th grade health classes.

0:00-1:41 Intro and Trigger Warning

1:42-33:48 Ashley’s Pregnancy and Birth Story

33:49-1:07:29 Eren’s 2nd Pregnancy and Birth Story

1:07:30-1:10:17 Final Thoughts and Outro

What is something that a woman can experience that is simultaneously one of the most incredible and challenging things she's ever done in her life? Go through pregnancy!

Join us as we chat through some of the annoying things people say and do to pregnant women, from aggressive personal questions, to weird comments, to random touching, oh my!

Then Eren shares her first pregnancy and birth story, which is, just a little bit of a wild ride.

0:00-3:16 Intro and Trigger Warning

3:17-13:56 Annoying things people say and do to pregnant women

13:57-20:06 Getting touched while pregnant stories

20:07-57:07 Eren's Birth Story

• 20:07-28:35 Pregnancy
• 28:36-57:07 A Version, Induction, Labor and Birth

57:08-85:17 Final Thoughts and Outro