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𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒 𝚂𝚞𝚖𝚗𝚎𝚛-𝙱𝚎𝚍𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 '𝚃𝚒𝚎𝚛 𝟹' 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝙺𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚍𝚢. 𝙰𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛 - 𝚠𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚜 (𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢) 𝚠𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚛. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚘𝚔 𝚒𝚏 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎. 𝙳𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚌 𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘 𝙰𝚂𝙺 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎, 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎, 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝟼 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚍.𝙴𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝:𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚂𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚜𝙿𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜𝙱𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚞𝚖𝚊𝙼𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝙽𝙷𝚂𝙴𝚙𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚜𝙴𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚢𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚙 𝙳𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝙲𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝙴𝚡𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜𝙿𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝙳𝚎𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚈𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚊𝚢'𝚜 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝙿𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛𝙵𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 @𝚘𝚑𝚏_𝚌𝚔𝚙𝚘𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚑𝚏𝚌𝚔𝚙𝚘𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝.𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚂𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚟𝚒𝚊 𝙿𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙𝙴𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝚘𝚑𝚏𝚌𝚔𝚙𝚘𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝@𝚐𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕.𝚌𝚘𝚖Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/ohfckpodcast/donations

𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚞𝚙 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝟷 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝟺𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚌.𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚂𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝟸0𝟸0 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛… 𝙷𝙰! 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍, 𝟸 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍.𝙴𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝:𝙷𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝙷𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝙱𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚜𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚢 𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝙷𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚢 𝙷𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜𝚃𝚘 𝚃𝙴𝙽𝚂 𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚃𝙴𝙽𝚂𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚞𝚖𝚊𝙻𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝙲-𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚆𝙷𝙰𝚃 𝙷𝙰𝙿𝙿𝙴𝙽𝙴𝙳 𝚃𝙾 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙿𝙻𝙰𝙲𝙴𝙽𝚃𝙰“𝚆𝚑𝚘’𝚜 𝚃𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝙾𝚏 𝙼𝚎?”𝙱𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸𝚗𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙸𝚗 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚄𝙺𝙼𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 & 𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚢 𝙶𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚙𝚜𝙵𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 @𝚘𝚑𝚏_𝚌𝚔𝚙𝚘𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚑𝚏𝚌𝚔𝚙𝚘𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝.𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚂𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚟𝚒𝚊 𝙿𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙𝙴𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝚘𝚑𝚏𝚌𝚔𝚙𝚘𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝@𝚐𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕.𝚌𝚘𝚖Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/ohfckpodcast/donations

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In this episode Charli talks to artist Kate Lane about all things pregnancy, birth and the 4th trimester during a pandemic. Kate has had her 2nd daughter during the pandemic. Having babies 15 years apart have made for a very different experience.This episode also features some very cute baby gurgles as a newborn reaches for her mama after a slumber! You're welcome x"Because I was skint the first time round - I couldn't afford all the baby paraphernalia, so actually I know, you don't actually need any of it" Expect:Living in London but working onlineTeenagers coping with lockdownPanic cot shopping in John LewisExams and studying during 2020Let your children be artistsBaby's neck foldsWater retentionLosing our identityPositive birth storyReceptionist's assumptionsSisterhood and camaraderieCould this be the best time to be pregnant?"She's going to be a teenager one day - what if she doesn't like me?"Sign the petition #ButNotMaternityFind out more about Kate Lane and Brave New Worlds performance collective hereKate Lane is an Interdisciplinary Artist & Scenographer. She has worked internationally in experimental film, live performance and as a scenographer. She has an MA in Costume for Performance from London College of Fashion where she won the MA Centenary Award for Costume. And a BA in Visual Arts Sculpture from Camberwell college of Arts. She is the Course Leader of the BA Performance: Design and Practice at Central Saint Martins. Follow Oh F*ck! Podcast on InstagramSend your Oh F*ck! Moments [email protected] become a patron of the podcast visit https://www.patreon.com/ohfckpodcastSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/ohfckpodcast/donations

In this episode Charli talks to Polly Clarke about having a newborn baby in lockdown, weeks after receiving an autism diagnosis for her first child and during a bloody pandemic!"I thought my waters had broke, but I'd just pissed myself"Expect:Conversations around stimming and flappingLanguage developmentBig brother jealousyAutism DiagnosisSensory processing disorderFinding helpDoing poos in TescoThe episode also discusses Polly's Instagram blog Berty's Bubble, at the time of publishing this episode the page is under maintenance but check back soon as Polly reshapes the idea of sharing a child's autism journey and their family experience.Books recommended by PollyAutism: How To Raise A Happy Autistic Child - Jessie HewitsonCharity to check out - Portage https://www.portage.org.uk/Applying for Disability Living Allowance in the UKDLA for children allows you to pay for extra therapies such as speech and language therapies and occupational therapyNational Autistic Society Early Bird ProgrammeIf you would like us to share your "Oh F*ck!' moments anonymously please email [email protected] episode was edited by Leon Shaw.Follow Oh F*ck! The Podcast on InstagramTo become a patron of the podcast visit https://www.patreon.com/ohfckpodcastSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/ohfckpodcast/donations

In this episode Charli talks to Jana Kennedy about all things pregnancy in a pandemic.What is it like finding out you're pregnant as a worldwide pandemic sets in and the UK goes into lockdown? - "A double whammy of bizarre".Expect:Tech breaksPregnancy instincts kicking in - with a real danger out there2nd wavesWater birthsPositive birth storiesShitting yourself in the poolPlacenta smoothiesRestless Leg SyndromeLosing work in an apocalypseFind out about Jana Kennedy Books recommended during the episode areBump: How To Make, Grow and Birth A Baby by Kate EvansThe Positive Birth Book: A New Approach to Pregnancy, Birth and the Early Weeks by Milli HillCoursesBirthing4Blokes by Mark HarrisFollow Oh F*ck! Podcast on InstagramSend your Oh F*ck! Moments [email protected] become a patron of the podcast visit https://www.patreon.com/ohfckpodcastSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/ohfckpodcast/donations