2025s Most Iconic Moments of No Parental Guidance

29 Dec 2025 · 47 min · 23 chapters

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In short

This “No Parental Guidance” episode is a year-end compilation of the show’s most iconic moments from 2025, mixing parenting lessons with candid, often hilarious stories. Topics include pelvic floor/incontinence, postpartum breastfeeding pressures, toddler tantrums, co-parenting after breakup, sex and keeping the spark after kids, and fertility/trauma resilience.

Guests featured

Angela Scanlon (comedian; discussed wetting herself during Strictly rehearsals and pelvic floor), Connie Hook (Blue Peter icon; postpartum and BAFTAs while breastfeeding; breast milk donation/wet nursing), Louise (Instagram “vagina” photo after childbirth), Harriet Kemsley (comedian; co-parenting; ex-partner’s fake penis found behind sofa), Ollie Locke (dad; fatherhood in a gay relationship; twins; travel and nanny), Anna Williamson (sex/data after kids; date nights), Davina McCall (TV presenter; childhood abandonment triggers; boundaries; later-life parenting), Kimberly Wyatt (Pussycat Dolls; pregnancy and returning to tour 7 weeks after C-section), David Gandy (model; being present at childbirth; “George Clooney” birth experience; perimenopause/hormones), Trini Woodall (fertility journey; 16 rounds IVF, miscarriages; talipes surgery; raw motherhood).

Notable examples

plugging a mini fridge at a netball event for expressed milk; breastfeeding backstage at X Factor; changing casted club feet every two weeks; “fist pumping” intimacy on holiday; accidentally posting a postpartum vagina photo to Facebook.

Key claims

parenting is relentless but normal; boundaries create safety; intimacy often drops after kids; breast milk donation can help NICU babies; public figures are still “normal” parents.

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Angela Scanlon's Pelvic Floor Moment

1:09 to 2:36

Angela shares a humorous and relatable story about her experience on Strictly.

“Starting at number 12 is our first ever guest on the pod, the fabulous Angela Scanlon.”

Connie Hook's BAFTA Experience

2:36 to 4:21

Connie recounts a relatable moment at the BAFTAs while breastfeeding.

“And, you know, we need to look after our pelvic floor.”

Donating Breast Milk Stories

4:21 to 5:44

Discussion on the challenges and experiences of breastfeeding and donating milk.

“And then there was, I don't know if I should keep this in, but there's actually one time that my breast pump broke and I was like, Andy, you're going to have to get some milk out of me.”

Accidental Facebook Post Disaster

5:44 to 7:40

A humorous tale about accidentally posting an intimate picture online.

“And I was sat with all the sound and light engineering guys.”

The Trials of Toddler Parenting

7:40 to 13:07

The hosts discuss the challenges and funny moments of parenting toddlers.

“which still haunts me, actually, and maybe some others if they ever saw it.”

The Challenges of Parenting Toddlers

14:01 to 15:17

Explore the relentless challenges parents face with toddlers, including tantrums and emotional moments.

“I do think it's one of the hardest stages of parenting.”

Finding Support in Parenting

15:18 to 16:13

Hear a heartwarming story about receiving unexpected support from family during tough parenting moments.

“To look at you and recognise that you're doing your best and it doesn't matter.”

Humorous Co-Parenting Stories

16:14 to 18:08

Listen to funny anecdotes about ex-partners and the bizarre items left behind post-breakup.

“I don't know why I kept on it for so long.”

Ollie Locke's Journey to Fatherhood

18:09 to 20:02

Get insights into Ollie Locke's experiences as a new father and the challenges of travel with kids.

“Trying to like, you know, fresh start, clean start.”

Keeping the Spark Alive After Kids

20:03 to 22:32

Discussing the importance of intimacy and communication in relationships after having children.

“And honestly, we loved getting a peek into his journey to fatherhood.”
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Davina McCall's Inspiring Story

22:33 to 25:59

Learn about Davina McCall's challenging childhood and her journey to becoming a positive role model.

“In terms of like having date nights, keeping your sex life going, sex and communication are so important.”

Setting Boundaries for Safety

26:00 to 28:01

Understand the significance of boundaries in parenting and how they contribute to children's sense of safety.

“So my granny had, my granny saved my life.”

Childhood Triggers and Parenting Lessons

28:01 to 29:52

Explore how childhood experiences shape parenting approaches and emotional responses.

“safe in my childhood knew that I wanted my kids to feel safe in their space and nurtured and loved that's good um I remember I um on the first day of nursery the first day of term for nursery started at midday.”

Lessons in Apologizing

29:53 to 30:50

Learn the importance of admitting mistakes in parenting and fostering a safe environment.

“No, I was going to ask you about how you parent now, like now that your children are in their 20s.”

Davina McCall's Impact

30:51 to 31:58

Discussion about Davina McCall's authenticity and parenting challenges shared during the podcast.

“When you see her on telly, she's exactly the same.”

Kimberly Wyatt’s Return to Performance

31:59 to 33:25

Hear about Kimberly Wyatt's journey back to performing after motherhood and the challenges faced.

“I think at that point I was seven or eight weeks.”

Balancing Motherhood and Performance

33:26 to 35:56

Learn about the struggles and triumphs of balancing motherhood with a demanding career in performing arts.

“Can you still do the high kicks in our performance?”

David Gandy’s Birthing Experience

35:57 to 36:54

Insight into David Gandy's experience in the delivery room and his perspective on fatherhood.

“I think she said she wouldn't do it again.”

Breaking Stereotypes in Fatherhood

36:55 to 40:06

Discussion on the expectations of fatherhood and the importance of being present during childbirth.

“But he really showed off a side to him that we hadn't seen before.”

Trini Woodall's Journey to Motherhood

40:07 to 42:04

Trini Woodall shares her emotional journey through IVF and the challenges of motherhood.

“So how many weeks were you when she was born?”

Trini's Journey Through IVF and Motherhood

42:04 to 44:16

Listeners will learn about Trini's emotional journey through IVF and the challenges she faced while appearing on TV.

“And then Tio came in and he said, I've got, I found this guy.”

Struggles of Working Mothers

44:16 to 45:25

The discussion reveals the pressures working mothers face while dealing with personal struggles.

“And it's like, you know, there is another Hannah East coming up that wants that job.”

Reflection on Parenting and Women’s Strength

45:25 to 46:06

This segment highlights the importance of recognizing the strength of women and the joys of parenting.

“And you see like Trini's really positive story.”
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0:00This episode is brought to you by Redfin. You're listening to a podcast, which means you're probably multitasking, maybe even scrolling home listings on Redfin, saving homes without expecting to get them. But Redfin isn't just built for endless browsing. It's built to help you find and own a home. With agents who close twice as many deals, when you find the one, you've got a real shot at getting it. Get started at redfin.com. Own the dream. Hello, and welcome back to No Parental Guidance. for our last hurrah of 2025. Instead of a regular episode today, we wanted to take a little trip down memory lane.

0:38Angela Scanlon! Hello! Connie's here. Hello, I'm here, everyone. I'm Davina, Davina. We have got David Gandhi on the podcast. Hello, sir. I'm just going to go upstairs and bang you, do it. Lovely to meet you. I'm David. Today we've put together a special compilation of our absolute favourite bits. So grab a final mince pie, settle in, and let's relive the best of the podcast for six months.

1:09Starting at number 12 is our first ever guest on the pod, the fabulous Angela Scanlon. Here's us talking to Angela about pelvic floor and her infamous moment on Strictly. Did you pee yourself at all on Strictly? Yeah. Did you? Yeah. I think I would have peed myself anyway, to be honest. Well, yeah. But yeah, I did. I remember doing rehearsals for the Charleston and it was quite a spicy number and like there was a lot of hop in it as there is in that but ours was particularly bouncy. I remember Anton or somebody referring to me as like Tigger. I was quite, you know, jumpy. And yeah, I did the rehearsal and I remember Carlos being like, what happened there?

1:50And I was too embarrassed because we were three weeks in at that point. I didn't know him well enough to be like, I just wet myself. Oh, of course. And I was so embarrassed and I was also so afraid because I was like, oh my God, what if this happens on the show? Because it's a lot to like manage that while also managing your steps and also managing all of that stuff. But I will say, you know, it's pretty solid now. So it was, you know. It's that though when it starts, like if you're doing a live show, when you start to wee yourself, it's almost like you can't stop it when it's that like, because the muscles are just like, just dispersed and gone somewhere.

2:28Yeah. Oh, bless her. I can't believe we discussed pelvic floor on the first episode. I know, first episode in and she's like, yeah, **** myself on Strictly. And so relatable. Like, I **** myself. Yeah. I'll admit it, I have. And, you know, we need to look after our pelvic floor. In fact, I remember doing a TV commercial. And I don't know if I said this on that podcast. I had to jump on a trampoline for an entire day. Oh, God. After you'd had kids. Yeah. Oh, Christ. And I ****ed myself. Yeah. On this trampoline in front of a whole crew of people watching. And it stank. And then tried to hair dry it and it was just bad.

3:01And then it smelled of hot f***. It was, yeah. Yeah. So glamorous, isn't it? I love the fact that for our first guest, we just talked about incontinence straight away. And then we had Blue Peter icon Connie Hook talking about her postpartum days and a trip to the BAFTAs. Who knew that behind all that glamour was a mum just trying to hold it all together? I was once at the BAFTAs in a sheer dress. Oh gosh. And I know. And how old was your baby at this time? Oh, you know, still breastfeeding. So however many months. And honestly, I remember having to go to the toilet and then stuff loads of like tissue in my bra and also squeeze, actually squeeze my boobs.

3:45Oh, security was like, there's a woman in there. I think she needs some help. Is she okay? I mean, thank goodness the red carpet bit is first because I could see, you know, two stains would be not a good look. I remember that. I remember that episode. And I think we can all relate to that moment where your boobs just go. Oh my God. When the milk comes in. And your boobs are rock hard. But also that feeling, if you are breastfeeding, when they latch on and it's just that release of like. It's like squeezing a spot, isn't it? Just suck it out. Let it go. Let it go. Did you ever drink your own? Well, I'll tell you what.

4:21One day my husband really me off. I love this story already. He hadn't like got up in the night. I didn't hear him. I didn't hear him. And I was like, you f***ing did. So I put my breast milk in his coffee. That was great. And I served it to him. And then there was, I don't know if I should keep this in, but there's actually one time that my breast pump broke and I was like, Andy, you're going to have to get some milk out of me. So I asked him to suck my f***. And he was like. And I was like, suck harder, Andy, suck harder. my second baby I was like right not only am I gonna breastfeed I'm gonna donate my breast milk so for Logan and Annabelle um I donated uh liters of the stuff I was I was like a cow so yeah come on um but you've got you can only do it within the first six months so if anybody does listen because people are crying out for wet nurses and you can contact if you google it there's various um through the nhs and they come to your house and they collect your breast milk you have to store it in a certain way yeah i love that so i used to do two extra expresses a day now in my head i put myself under that pressure because i wanted to do that because i felt like i couldn't feed my first baby properly now with hindsight it's amazing i genuinely donated liters and it's for like NICU babies and they test it obviously first you've got to have a certain diet you do have loads of blood tests and everything first but I remember sitting up and like expressing and I went and did a netball presenting job and I took a mini fridge with me so I plugged the mini fridge in because I needed to get the extra sachets of milk out as well as my normal feeds for the baby and it was about four or five months old and it was just like a one day job so it's fine and we sat at this netball event at the copper box in London and somebody was like oh how come some of the lights have gone off on the left-hand side.

6:17And I was sat with all the sound and light engineering guys. And I was like, oh God. And I said, oh, sorry. I've just plugged my mini fridge in to put my breast milk in. And I was surrounded by these 18 year old sound engineers and lighting engineers. And they're like, that's to operate the lights. And like the netball players can't see where they're going because half the lights are off in the arena. Sorry, babe, it's just my breast milk in the - Oh my gosh, look like that woman in her. Yeah, but I'm not saying about the, I donated breast milk as if I need like an MBE. No, that is a beautiful thing to do.

6:50I think it was part of that was like, when they say to you in the hospital, if your baby's got jaundice or if your baby's poorly, breast milk has obviously got more nutrients in at the time. And then they say, do you want a wet nurse? And I didn't know what a wet nurse was. And I was like, what's that? And it was at the time I couldn't have any donated milk, but I would have probably taken it at that point when the baby, like when my kids were a bit poorly. I think that's a really, really wonderful thing to do. I mean, I wish I could have given liters and liters, but my breast milk was just enough for the baby that I had.

7:21And then I think when I started introducing the bottle, they're like, oh, I can get more out of this. Well, hold on a second. This is way more efficient for me. Number 10 is one of my favorite moments from the first episode. Louise told a story and I don't think I can ever get over it. I actually did put a picture up on Instagram years ago, which still haunts me, actually, and maybe some others if they ever saw it. And this is, I literally became a mother. I gave birth and I, for whatever reason, I just wanted to know how things were down there. Eczema is unpredictable, but you can flare less with Epiglis, a once-monthly treatment for moderate to severe eczema.

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9:29You're not going to tell me you sent this in a WhatsApp group are you? To parents? No. No. You're not going to say that to me are you? Did you accidentally send it to somebody? I put it on Facebook. You put a picture of your vagina on Facebook after you gave fur? Accidentally. Accidentally. Did you actually? Yes I did. Oh my god. It was horrendous.

9:53Oh my god. I actually forgot I said this. and like literally it's something that still haunts me it's so funny no horrendous did anyone see it I I didn't get any likes I was gonna say how many likes did you get I have to just say that this was before I was on social media as I am now it was only on Facebook and I had I think about 200 300 followers which is still enough still enough to see the vag and it haunts me But how many women have done that, you know, when you've had a baby and they say, don't look. The first thing you want to do is look, don't you? I had a good feel, yeah. I don't recommend that either.

10:32Yeah. I don't know what possessed me. I was just intrigued. Seeing as you had your favourite moment of mine, I also have one of yours, Hannah. As a breastfeeding mum, I think we can all relate to this one. Next fail. This happened to me just the other day. I'm a mum in the absolute trenches right now. I'm not sleeping at night and I've just had a bit of a sh**ter. A pulse for swearing. Don't worry about it. However, I've had to see the comedy in these moments. Anyway, I was so sleep deprived one day, all the days, and my baby is cluster feeding. And in my haze, I basically had a two-hour window where my boob was out on full display.

11:10I'd answered the door to one delivery driver, a postman, and I'd also spoke to Mike from next door as I was putting out the bins. Oh my God. I didn't notice until my boobs started getting full again and leaking. Oh my gosh. This is like. This is brilliant. My favorite kind of story. Yes. I love it because we've all done it. We've all done it. Like, I mean, maybe not so much out the whole time, but wow. Barry from DPD has seen my s*** more than my husband in the last 12 months, let me tell you. It's like you forget. And then you need, I always felt like after I'd finished feeding, I just needed a bit of air to my boob.

11:48Because you constantly got those pads on. And then, you know, the cups that catch you like leaking milk everywhere. I used to just, I felt like I just wet all the time. So I just like to free them and air them. And the amount of times where I've gone and answered the door and stood there and been like, oh, oh my God. I like half molded my t***. There's like really like, yeah, boulders in Parma Ham just took around the door. It's just bleh. Oh, Barry. Oh, Baszler. He's made his day. He's locally a legend. And I don't think I'm the first person to flash my tits to Barry because every mum does it, don't they?

12:26Yeah, I mean, you know, we're so sleep deprived and we don't know, you know, our boobs when we're breastfeeding, they're not sexual. No. It's like, it's the canteen. It's lunch, it's dinner, it's all of it. Yeah. So yes, to you, to me, it's just like, oh, nothing to see here. But to Barry, he's probably like, Jesus. And because we, look at us, I went really Yorkshire then, because we're always on Amazon buying stuff. So DPD's always there. Well, exactly. We then had our first ever couple on the show and our first pregnant mama, Shan and Tay Cabs. They explained what they thought was the hardest stage of parenting.

13:02And I think we can all agree with them. it was you that wanted a fourth right it was me indeed convince shan so how did that all come about one time i was just looking at the kids i was like four does it make sense yeah how do you find the age difference between your 16 year old like going into like a newborn how how do you find the different stages and which one which stage so far have you found the hardest Toddler stage. Yeah. Oh God, yeah. That's the business. Yeah. Stop, move, don't touch. That bit there is like, oh, that you can't sit down. Pulling stuff out. Yeah, my two year old's at that stage now.

13:38That's the stage. She was taking pots and pans out the other day. She got three Weetabix out the cupboard and just went, stood in the living room, just crumbled them on the floor. And then she was like, oh dear me. Yeah. I'm like, you're so cute, but I annoy you. I love you so much, but why are you so like me? Yeah. I think toddler. Toddler stage. Oh my God, the toddler stage. Like we're in it at the minute. We are in the thick of it. And I do feel for you. I do think it's one of the hardest stages of parenting. It is relentless. Like just with a drunk mate all the time. You don't know if they're going to run that way, that way, if they want a snack, if they're going to poo themselves or weed themselves.

14:17I mean, it's like us really. Well, yeah. And they are, you know, the answering back, the tantrums, all of it. It's hard. It's hard. I've cried. Have you? Yeah, I've cried. Well, because they just, because of their behavior. It's a bit overwhelming, isn't it? Yeah, just I got slapped in the face by my daughter in public at a family do. And it's when someone sees it. But when I say sees it, I mean like they get it. And my husband's cousin, we're in Dublin and she's absolutely amazing. She's got three of her own kids. She saw this happen and she grabbed my daughter. I was holding her and she took her off me and she went, give me the baby.

14:58I'm really sorry if my Irish accent is s***. Gave her to Jessie and she went, come with me. She literally went to the bar. She went, drink this. And I was like, thank you. And it's when someone recognises what you're going through and they see it and they're like, I'm going to help you because I know how s*** this is. And that's when I get emotional. Oh my God, thank you so much. This is so hard. What a lovely thing to do. To look at you and recognise that you're doing your best and it doesn't matter. Anyone can do their best. but if a toddler's going to have a tantrum they are going to have a tantrum yeah um i took annabelle to a gymnastics group last week and she just had this tantrum where i was like oh my god and i felt really like i got sweaty oh because i was like she wanted to wear certain clothes and then she didn't want she wanted a certain dummy and i was trying to get the dummy off her and and all of a sudden you that's when you get yourself worked up and become overwhelmed and you're actually she's two like this is a developmental stage where she's expressing herself she can't communicate properly that's okay we just need to get through this phase it's not her fault she's just growing up it is a phase and if you're listening now with a toddler it is a phase and yes it can be really hard yeah we've got news that there shan and tay have had their little baby boy and he's absolutely gorgeous so congratulations that's incredible news um in at number seven we had comedian harriet kemsley on to talk about co-parenting and the one thing she found in a house post breakup i loved this episode that really made me laugh so funny talk us about your ex-partner's mold of a penis my husband's penis the fake one it's what is funny i just found it hilarious i literally just put it on um instagram like two days ago i was meant to just be promoting um we've got a live show of um a podcast single ladies and um i just happened to mention it it's just an aside and all week people have been talking to me about it you're like for God, stop mentioning things about your ex-husband's penis just in passing.

16:53Do you still have it? No, it's gone. It's finally gone. I don't know why I kept on it for so long. Why did I have it in the first place? Yes, good question. Very good question. Very good question, actually. So we did this TV show years ago called Pants on Fire for E4. And it was so fun. We did all these mad challenges. We went to Mexico City and we took part in a Lucha Libra wrestling competition. and um one of the challenges was that we got um cards I also I tattooed him so he has a tattoo at the moment um well it's it's it's actually worked out um I've kind of scarred him forever he has a tattoo that I did on his upper thigh um kind of right next to his penis of um of I've drawn myself and I've written my name underneath and it's so bad because like I'm not a tattoo artist i didn't like i got a brief training um but it looks like you know on those um primary school tea towels when they have like a picture of like a child is drawn to me that's that permanently permanently on him so apologies to any women um but it's me in the future buddy is permanently scarred any one of the things we did was we um got um plaster cast i've actually lost my vagina somewhere it's somewhere in the house it's somewhere in clapham we don't know

18:13you've lost your vagina somewhere in the house i've got it i've got it that's i'm gonna put that on my to-do list what if your daughter finds it and takes it to nursery for show and tell oh god yeah that would be imagine it was obviously post baby no it was pre-baby okay so it's probably nice yeah it's a nice time this is what she used to look like yeah put it on the wall reminder um yeah so uh so yeah he um he i found um i got a new sofa i found his um behind the sofa and then i was like it was funny because my friend had a tarot card reading on me um in february and she was like you're holding on to something about your eggs i don't know what it is you're holding on to and i was like i don't think i'm pulling stuff out like i've got dvds out i've got everything and then i was suddenly like it's his penis it's his penis behind the sofa that's what i've been holding on to um and so i took it i took it out and i put it i went to go put it we have like um where did you put it well on the estate where i live we have these bins um and um i went to go put it and then as i did it it like dropped on my foot so it's I just find it hilarious how she's broken up with her partner.

19:34Trying to like, you know, fresh start, clean start. And then the one thing that she finds behind her sofa is his penis. Spiritually, somebody was like, you're holding on to something. And she was like, I'm not. His is behind your sofa, hun. And so good to have somebody that was first up talking about co-parenting, divorce. and that like mature approach that her and her ex-partner have taken. Yeah, absolutely. You know, with looking after the little girl and prioritising her and stuff. It's really refreshing and nice to hear. Absolutely. In at number six, we had Ollie Locke. Now, he was our first dad on the pod.

20:08And honestly, we loved getting a peek into his journey to fatherhood. He proved that parenting completely strips even the chicest of parents. We have been quite lucky. they have been on 27 flights so far. Oh my word. That's impressive. So they were, when they were in Sunderland, there was a bit of an issue where, where they had to be flown down by an ambulance jet. Wow. Because it was too far to come in an ambulance. And so they started life on a little private jet. Oh my God. Which I think is quite fabulous. You loved it, didn't you? Yeah. Six months after that, we decided to go to Barbados in business.

20:50And that was quite wonderful. We had a lovely time, long flight, nightmare with the kids, but it was fine because they slept. Of course they did. And then... Yeah, of course they did. Of course they did because they're sleepers. What was the nightmare then on the plane? Well, then we went to Ireland and they cried the entire journey. And I was like, this is a nightmare. And I realized... So you're sitting in an hour. Well, I realized why. I realized what that... Someone said, well, first flight. I said, no, it's actually their 15th flight. And it's... They started off on a private jet. They've been business.

21:16Now they're in economy. That's why they're crying. Oh my God, that's brilliant. From now on, it's like the only business. That's it. Oh my gosh. Yeah, don't you think it must have been super hard? First time that transition as a parent with two babies, changing nappies in an incubator, you know how small they are? And that would be like a boom. It was great talking to Ollie actually, having his take on fatherhood in a gay relationship, the journey that they went through. And I love how he was like, we started off the kids flying business class and then we were in coach and that's why they cried.

21:46and we were like, of course they cried. I think they probably cry because it's a flight, not that they're flying in coach. But I thought that was hilarious. We found that one tough because he was saying that his kids sleep so much. Oh my, we were like, what's your parenting fail? I don't think I have any. Yeah, we wanted like, oh, they're up every hour. We've got twins for crying out loud, twins. And they just sleep like absolute dreams. But he does have a nanny. Yeah, he does have a nanny. I think if anyone had a full-time nanny, they might sleep. For our number five moment, we had the brilliantly wonderful, full of energy, vigor and life, Anna Williamson.

22:20We absolutely love her. We discussed the data for couples having sex and actually how to keep the spark going in your relationship after you have kids. OK, what advice would you give to parents that are listening? I'm not just saying mums. In terms of like having date nights, keeping your sex life going, sex and communication are so important. how do you advise people to keep that alive when you've got children you're working you're knackered and you want to sleep like how do you do it and it well firstly the first thing to recognize is it's hard yeah it is hard you're in the treasure well it is babe i understand if you're lucky it is sorry um it's it's difficult i think the first thing to recognize you know accept that that you you know you're in the same boat as everybody else and don't compare yourself to everybody i mean I think there's some wild stats going around that, you know, the average couple has sex once a week.

23:12I mean, I think that is wide of the mark, but I know. No, no. I mean, yeah, sorry. I did an Instagram poll on my stories. Oh, go on. And I said, you know, how often do you have sex with your partner? What's the data? Yeah, what do you do? The data I got was, well, yeah, was once every three months. There you go. Yeah, I was just going to say. Yeah, I think, yeah, there you go. Once every three months was the average. Was the average, yeah. And I was going to say, yeah, my research, I would say not far off that. But I think this sort of wildly inaccurate once every week is, you know, again, it's, and I think, I mean, I mean, but look, it is what it is to everybody.

23:47Okay. I mean, I certainly am not having it once a week, but you never know. Every now and again, we might, do you ever get this when suddenly, we're out of the house if we're on holiday or something. Oh my God. But you suddenly feel like you're reborn. I'm just like, we're totally doing it. It's like the ovulation cold every day on holiday. I spat everywhere I was that excited. Three days. I'm only horny three days a month, the ovulation three days. But as you say, I mean, over the summer holidays, yeah, we went away with the kids. They'd gone to sleep. Of course they had interconnecting room.

24:15Your daughter didn't know, did she? She didn't bloody get to sleep, Hannah. No, that was an iPad. Get the iPad on. Okay, we're done. Go to sleep. Yeah, and it was like, fancy a shower. Yeah, go on then. And it was like, oh my God. We even said to him, I mean, this is how sad it is. we even fist pumped each other. I wonder what you were going to say. I was going to say something else. I was like, I thought this was a long show. I'm not going to reveal everything about my sex life, but let me tell you what we do with our fist on holiday. That's now going to be clipped up to. And we fisted and that's going to be a clip now.

24:46Brilliant. I do think she was one of my favorite episodes. I feel like we really, really chatted. Yeah. Like I know that we do with all our guests, but I felt like had someone just cracked open a bottle of wine would have stayed her all night yeah and it's nice actually to hear how often do other couples have sex and how how much do other couples prioritize it because you know you have a kid two kids three kids whatever you've got a job you're busy you want to see your friends and have a tidy house and all like we said we talk about this mental load yeah then all of a sudden like that intimacy with your partner is sometimes like well I've got other things to do I need to do the iron in or I need to do and then you think back to the beginning of your relationship where you used to be like you know really spicy and stuff and then all of a sudden it's like a couple of kids deep you're not very confident with your body then all of a sudden you think oh am I am I different because I don't really want to do it at the moment now our next guest when we heard she was up for coming on the pod we both just could not believe it now Davina is an icon though isn't she she's a national treasure with everything that she's gone through and still to be so positive and upbeat is just a sign of an amazing person.

25:56I had like quite a disjointed childhood. So I was born, my mum had preeclampsia. So my granny had, my granny saved my life. And she said to my mum, I don't think you're well. I'm going to take you to hospital right now. And she had an emergency cesarean there and then, and I was a month premature. So my mum, she was kind of the OG wild child, unbearably gorgeous, wild, hadn't been brilliantly parented herself, had been given money really, but no parental love or guidance. And so just didn't have the tools to do it. I understand all of that a lot better now. I'm a bit older at the time. I found it a bit confusing.

26:47But when I was three or four, my mom and dad split up and my mom took me to my granny's, my dad's mom, Pippi, legend. And my mom said, I'm going to go on a ski holiday and I'll come back and get you. And she didn't come back. Now, I'm not trying to paint. I'm not a victim and I'm not. But it set me up on a people might not show up kind of trajectory so your barrier was up would you so well no I just didn't feel safe right we were talking about that earlier right about feeling safe and how important it is for kids yeah boundaries make you feel safe and when somebody stands by the boundary if you do that again we are not going to the family party that we've all been looking forward to for three months and they do it again then we did not go to the family party that we'd all been looking forward to as much as I wanted to go and I thought to myself I must not make a boundary like that again why did I not do her or you can't have sticky toffee pudding after dinner like what a stupid boundary but I would have to stick to it yeah because I knew it made them feel safe she does what she says she's gonna do yeah absolutely so that you know me not feeling safe in my childhood knew that I wanted my kids to feel safe in their space and nurtured and loved that's good um I remember I um on the first day of nursery the first day of term for nursery started at midday.

28:28I finished at midday, but the first term of nursery for newbies would finish at 11 and I forgot. And I turned up at midday and they'd gone and everybody'd gone. And a friend of mine had picked up, I think it was Tilly, and taken her back to her house. It was very triggering for me. So I used to get forgotten at the airport. When I went to visit my mum, she wouldn't be there. this sounds like a very high class problem but I got forgotten at ski school I was constantly being taken back I went skiing when I was a little girl with my mum constantly getting taken back to the ski instructor's house again not a sob story but what it meant was when I was late for Tilly once I was catatonic I mean I've never cried so hard I was driving over to my friend's house I was I turned up and she's having a lovely time playing with her friend in the garden.

29:23And my friend was so good with me. She talked me down. She said, this is normal. Yeah. Because it's triggered you in some way. But what you've done today is completely normal parenting, i.e., you made a mistake. Yeah. Yeah. And so now what she taught me then, I mean, I've learned, I have learned the best life lessons from being a parent and from my children, right? I guess you have too. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. Sorry. No, I was going to ask you about how you parent now, like now that your children are in their 20s. What I love about that moment was she taught me that it was all right to say, I'm really sorry.

30:05I made a mistake. Yeah. But because my children felt safe, they accepted that. I knew that it wasn't going to be every single time. And they went, oh, that's fine. Don't worry. There's no resentment there, is there? And then what they started doing and what they still do now is say to me, I'm sorry, mum, I made a mistake. And I'll go, it's fine. Don't worry. We all do. And that's one of my most favorite things. And that came from something that happened with my mum that taught me a brilliant lesson you know what I mean in the long run. That's a lovely way to put it actually. So nothing is bad, nothing.

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30:43No calamity that you have in your life is bad if you learn something from it. Let there be learning. How amazing was Davina? Isn't she just exactly how she is? When you see her on telly, she's exactly the same. It's like we've grown up with her on Big Brother and loads of people after the podcast was like, you know, and they say, what was Davina? And I'm like, she was the same with everybody at reception to coming in here with the production team to us. She was so lovely and exactly what you see on TV. And the most genuine hugs. Yeah, and she smelled amazing, didn't she? She smelled so good. Honestly, I'm so honoured to have had her.

31:23Yeah, we were so excited, weren't we? Like, absolutely amazing. And really interesting to hear her stories and what she thought was her parenting fail because of her upbringing. Really triggered her, didn't it? Really did trigger her. And when she said about like forgetting to pick a child up, we were both like that. Oh yeah, we did that last week. Yeah, we do that all the time. Davina, don't worry about it. It's normal. You're on the right track. We also had Pussycat Doll, Kimberly Wyatt. What a superwoman and super mum. She was so lovely and funny and her story of going back on tour with the Pussycat Dolls after giving birth was insane.

32:01I'd worked really diligently to try and get the dolls back together for our reunion performance and it was a good like two two and a half years of lots of chats and trying to get everybody on the same page and then just as we signed contracts I'd not been feeling very well and I didn't know what that was all about so my husband was like you know just take a pregnancy test just so we can rule it out so I go in and take the pregnancy test and realize oh I'm quite pregnant how far were you at that point? I think at that point I was seven or eight weeks. Yeah. Right. And so then I realized, well, God, I put all this work into making it happen.

32:37What does this look like? So looked at the timeline was okay. If I could have the baby and then be back on stage within seven weeks and we can do this. So I found a brilliant doctor who was with me through the whole thing and just sort of went in and gave me a little stitch after the cesarean. And it was on call leading up to that big performance. A little stitch after the cesarean. Get those abs back together. You've literally had your body hacked in half. Like this doctor's great. You just did a little stitch. Just reach in. Back on stage in what, seven weeks? Seven weeks. Yes. I was breastfeeding my baby backstage at the X Factor and then took the stage.

33:12And I mean, we were dancing in water. We were jumping off big stages. We're being caught by the dancers. And of course at the end, I do my big leg lift. So it was an act of bravery and sacrifice. But actually how? like how did that even work I mean like after I gave birth I don't think I'd even like I mean there's no way I mean you're doing splits how are you still like wearing your like maternity pants yeah yes maternity pants and spanks under the latex and stilettos oh my god I love that yeah it was insane and what would it what did the other pussycat dolls say because obviously when you tell your friends you're pregnant I imagine like everyone's obviously very happy for you yes but And everyone's going to go, hold on a second.

33:52You're ruining this. You're going to ruin our performance. How does that work? Can you still do the high kicks in our performance? But it must have been like, they'd be quite worried about you. Yeah, they were certainly a bit worried. And I just made it a sort of a pledge to myself. Like we were ready for a world tour. It was like a really big thing. So as far as like the fact that I have my own things going on, I didn't want it to sort of get in the way of the creative process. so I had my husband there keeping the clock on to bring the baby as I'm in the middle of rehearsing okay it's time to breastfeed get on this boob or that boob um but it was in the lead up to our dress run for x-factor and we had to dive like a swan dive and be caught by the dancers this was the one time I was like seven weeks after a c-section swan diving onto a bunch of men like aren't you supposed to like not do much after you've had a c-section so this is the one time am I going to have to speak up?

34:46I was like, if I swan dive and you catch me by the tummy, this will end very badly. So if we could just amend it so we could like flip in the air and you could catch us by our backs, then we could be okay. Can we just discuss? She had a C-section and then seven weeks later, when I think you're supposed to still be resting or taking it easy, she's flying off a stage and being caught by other dancers, but they changed. With a doctor at the side of the stage. Just in case. Thank God. But then they changed the routine. She didn't land on her front. She landed on her back because of the case of tearing.

35:22Can you imagine? And what I admire so much about that is that she had like the pressure as a mum to get back to who you were and what you did before. And she didn't want to let any of the other girls down. She didn't want to let any of the production team down. And it wasn't a case of her being like, oh, I'm doing this for me. It was like, actually, there's a big picture here. And I just found it so inspiring that that was her approach to be like, okay, I can do this. And how supportive her partner was where the baby was there. She breastfed, put a Spanx on and went out on the stage. I'm like, that is absolutely incredible.

35:57I think she said she wouldn't do it again. Yeah, she did. Good for her for actually doing it. And you're absolutely right. It was for her fans. She's got such a huge fan base and you don't want to let them down. but yeah I mean that sounded like a lot yeah I was like worried about falling off the sofa seven weeks after giving birth let alone doing a backflip and a somersault and a pike or something like she really was iconic wasn't she yeah when she was sitting here and she put her leg in the air and yeah oh she's just and she was another one actually one of my one of my favorite episodes well you would never have expected a pussycat doll to be that down to earth no you would think oh maybe is this something that she's kind of lost perspective of yeah but it's like actually you know, she's a mum of three kids.

36:38She's in the school WhatsApp group. She does a school drop-off pickup. Like she is a mum. She's got her own dance school. Now the guest that really shook things up here in the No Parental Guidance studio was the arrival of model David Gandhi. All the women from the office turned up that day, didn't they? Hair and makeup were done. It was the whole scene. But he really showed off a side to him that we hadn't seen before. What were you like when your partner was in labour? Oh, I failed at that. but I think failed in a in a we still argue about what happened because I kind of turned into George Clooney from ER I suddenly thought I'm I'm delivering this baby I was fascinated by the whole process I was down the business end the midwife had to ask me if she could have her stall back and whether I could get out the way oh my god I love that so I was I was there for I mean, Matilda was difficult.

37:34He went on for, I mean, poor Steph. It was, I always say, it's like watching something attack your partner that you love so much and you can't do anything about it apart from a TENS machine and - Yeah, rubbing backs. Or do what my husband did and just go for a coffee. My husband went to the cheese counter for an hour. I'm not kidding. My husband was so worried that we were going to get a parking ticket. It was like, I've only put four hours on the car. And at that point I was like, why the f*** did you put four hours on? I was there for four days. Jesus Christ. It sounds like you were very much involved.

38:06I love that. So you were so at the business end. That's impressive. Also, I've got film. I feel like Matilda, like, crowned her head as out like this. Wow. You have to take a picture of that. If my husband tried to take a picture of my **** when my baby was hanging out with you. It wasn't, there's nothing at that point. There's nothing sexual or anything about it. It's just this miracle. And I was just fascinated by the whole thing. because it is like you can't you can't see anything it's a baby's head yeah so it's fascinating and um tabs was lazy tabs kind of shot out the second time it was it was a lot quick but i couldn't leave steph never she didn't want me to leave with the tilda because it was and i still remember i had so i had like the tens machine sort of going and then music and you know steph joked she was on sort of like gas and air and she's like bouncing on the ball um And then I think the tens machine sort of went off for like three seconds and she kind of had the gas.

39:02And it kind of changes your voice and she kind of just went, tens machine. That's like, oh God. What I loved about having David on is you did see a completely different side to him. Yeah, yeah. Talking about seeing the birth of his children, being at the birthing end. He had a stool, didn't he? Like watching. Yeah, he was like right in there. Like what, you know, he said he was like George Clooney out of VR. Brilliant. Can you imagine? And just, can you even imagine just like looking down as David Gandy? I was going to say something extremely rude then about David Gandy looking at my vagina, but cut that bit out and fucking welcome it.

39:41I'm joking. Cut that out. That's actually one of the first times we've heard David Gandy talk about that part of his life. Yeah. He's usually quite private about that. We managed to get it out of him. Which was lovely because you kind of make assumptions I think with a lot of people especially especially somebody like David Gandhi he's like a huge star isn't he and I think lots of people and he said this like are you normal yes I'm normal I'm a human being like my partner's giving birth I'm going to be there I want to see it all you know of course but I think because you are in the public eye and you are this male model in your pants people just assume that you're not normal yeah but actually he's got two daughters he's very protective over and he's a dad and takes his role really seriously yeah and i love how he's really in tune as well with uh women's hormones talking about women going through perimenopause and the horny patch and you know i thought that was really great i've got to send jesse like articles like this is what i'm going through yeah of course we've saved the best until last trini woodall was absolutely by far our ultimate dream guest she shared so much with us that she has never ever shared before.

40:49Take a look at this. So how many weeks were you when she was born? She was, well, she was meant to be born at the end of November and she was born in October. So I don't know, six weeks. And all of that apprehension, all of the five, six years of everything you've been through. And when you talk then, it just, it was so raw and so relatable because we've both been through experiences and especially having fertility treatment, which I had to as well. It's that feeling when you hold that baby for the first time. Describe that moment when you held her. It was a mix. It was a mix because I had to have a cesarean because she couldn't come out.

41:33And so there was a fear all the way through that process. And then she came out and Johnny was holding her. And I said, is she okay? And he went, she's great. Just a little thing around her legs. And I remember pulling back the things and her legs were back to front. She had very bad talipes in both her feet. She'd been back to front and upside down. So her feet were like club feet and back to front. Oh, my gosh, really? And yeah, so I kind of, I remember looking at her and thinking she'll never walk. I remember that feeling. She will never walk. And then Tio came in and he said, I've got, I found this guy.

42:10He's the best person. And Trini, we're going to operate on her now. and he's going to break all her bones and reset them. Oh my gosh. So they took her off. And this was straight after she was born? Yeah. Within that moment you just looked at her, processed her? I think they maybe did it the next day. Anyway, she came back from hospital with these casts on her little baby legs, which stayed on for about six weeks. Oh my gosh. And had to be changed every two weeks. And she had to have special shoes and then she had to really, like, you know she learned to walk a little bit differently and then she's you know by the time Lila was two she was absolutely fine um again with Trini seeing her open up about her journey to become a mother 16 rounds of IVF the miscarriages she's had that I mean we were both sitting here almost in tears yeah um yeah I don't know about you but I was really feeling it it's amazing to uh to have listened to her journey where she had about like the 16 rounds of IVF whilst we know her for trini and suzanna on tv filming and helping women empowering women by helping them dress and actually behind the scenes she was going through something that you know you wouldn't wish that on anybody and when it was kind of like she was coming back to london having blood tests and it was like oh she was like bleeding and it's like oh another miscarriage another yeah and there are so many yeah while she's filming oh i'm bleeding i must be miscarriaging all right let's go to the next scene like people are waiting for her mentally yeah that's a lot yeah and I know that there are probably some women listening now that went through that I mean I remember myself I was I knew that I'd miscarried and I was waiting for my DNC operation but I was on set doing a modeling shoot and they wanted me to be all like full of joy and laughter and it took every inch of my being to try and do that and it's funny because the pictures from that shoot I find it really difficult to look at them yeah well it's that negative association yeah um so yeah I mean that was that was an amazing episode where we saw Trini and a very very different light but also has same fabulous self yeah and the um the whole going through it's interesting you say you did like a modeling shoot I had to present um a cycling show on uh British cycling on Eurosport the day after I'd had the operation and I got home at midnight and I had to be there at seven the next day.

44:37And it's like, you know, there is another Hannah East coming up that wants that job. And it's like, you're modeling, you have to get on with it. You're contracted or Trini, she's doing a show. And it's whether you're doing something like in media or not, or the next day you've got to get up for your kids. So you've got to go to work. It's like, you know, people say the world just goes on, but actually in that moment, you've really kind of stopped and it takes a while to take stock. And that's why it's really important. I know we kind of laugh about like taking the out of parenting, but actually we know how lucky we are.

45:06And we're extremely fortunate that we've got our amazing kids. We don't say that like two o 'clock in the morning when they're waking up, but we are very lucky to be able to be on this journey. And how strong women are and what we go through. It really makes me look at women in another light and just think you are amazing. And you see like Trini's really positive story. Like it was incredible. And her relationship with her daughter. I mean I would want to be close with her if she was my mum because of her handbag collection like Jesus hello amazing well that's it thanks to our guests of 2025 we've absolutely loved having you we are also thrilled to say we're having a bit of a glow up for 2026 we're moving house we have a new studio yep the new year brings a whole new us and a whole new no parental guidance that's right we're expanding and we can't wait to share more with you Catch you all in 2026, guys, and have a fab new year.

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We’ve made it! Welcome to our final hurrah of 2025!

It feels like only yesterday we were nervously launching this podcast in July, and now, over 20 episodes later, we are celebrating a massive milestone. We are so incredibly grateful to everyone who has tuned in every week and shared this journey with us.

To celebrate, we’ve put together a special trip down memory lane. This is a compilation of our 12 favourite moments from the first six months of No Parental Guidance. From the hilariously relatable fails to the deeply emotional stories from our incredible guests that truly stuck with us.

In this "Best of 2025" special, you'll hear from Angela Scanlon talk about her Strictly pelvic floor mishap. Konnie Huq on the reality of leaking boobs at the BAFTAs, to Trinny Woodall on her journey to motherhood with 16 rounds of IVF.

We also have big news for 2026! We’re having a glow-Up. We’re getting a brand-new studio, and expanding the show in ways we can’t wait to share with you!

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