Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussions around infertility and becoming parents through surrogacy.
"You're not going to be able to have kids." That's what Charlie Watson was told at 16, and it's the starting point for one of the most powerful conversations we've had on this show.
Charlie's a dietitian, a marathon runner, and mum to Bertie and Woody — both born via the same surrogate in the US, after Charlie was diagnosed with MRKH, a condition that meant her uterus never fully developed. We talk about keeping that diagnosis in a box for over a decade, the surrogacy process itself (which is nothing like most of us imagine), and what it actually felt like to become a mum in a way she never expected to.
We also get properly honest about the stuff nobody admits: finding it harder to bond with her second than her first, the guilt that followed, and why "I'm not juggling it well" might be the most relatable thing any of us can say out loud.
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