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Mom guilt: the s*x talk & the firstborn shift

4/17/20261 hr 47 min

Mom guilt comes in all forms — from being a working mom, to the transition from one kid to two, to worrying your kids aren’t eating enough vegetables. In this episode of Always Here, the girls talk about the pressure moms put on themselves, the emotional “firstborn shift,” and why the guilt can feel endless no matter what stage of motherhood you’re in. They also get into awkward conversations about the s*x talk and poll the audience for the wildest, most irrational places mom guilt has taken their minds.

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Clips

Second Baby, First Guilt
Pushing Away My Toddler
Breast Milk Can’t Fix Everything
Guilty Moms, Confused Kids
When Feeding Feels Like Blame
The One-Time Talk Trap
Lateness Has Consequences

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

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  3. Abby Howard· Host0:55

    There was so much guilt with having my second kid.

  4. Speaker 41:00

    Hmm.

  5. Abby Howard· Host1:00

    I just rushed this so much to the point where, like, Griffin got, like, no time alone with me. People really think breast milk could cure cancer- I know ... and world peace.

  6. Speaker 41:09

    I tried putting it on some of my skin rashes, and I still had a rash.

  7. Abby Howard· Host1:12

    [laughs] No, it's because it's mostly water. [laughs] [laughs] I think that was, like, our parents' generation. They're like, "You sit him down one time."

  8. Speaker 41:17

    Yeah.

  9. Abby Howard· Host1:17

    "You get it done. You never bring it up again."

  10. Speaker 41:19

    Rip the Band-Aid.

  11. Abby Howard· Host1:20

    [laughs] And then the kids are like, "One time, my mom said penis." [laughs] [laughs] "It was really scary."

  12. Unknown speaker1:24

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