Host Hatty Ashdown and her podcast birthing partner Gemma Beagly bring the Birth stories series to a close with their last guest in the series . Writer and Actress lizzie Bates ( Boom Jennies, Winner of the BAFTA Rocliffe sitcom competition, BBC Radio 4 sitcom Mission improbable). They talk having a baby in lockdown, IVF, trying to write comedy when your heart broken and night swimming . Plus our new feature  ' Sweet little lies ' where guests tell us the lies they tell their children or  their parents told them - lizzie shares a cracking one  !

You can keep up to date with Lizzie work via her twitter page or website 

This episode was sponsored by Luna Rose 

 Cressida of  Luna Rose is a spiritual coach and mentor who uses a mixture of healing modalities, psychology and tarot to bring spiritual insights to her clients and following. She offers courses, readings and tutorials on subjects from the metaphysical nature of time to how decluttering can impact your flow of abundance. You can find her @__lunarose and www.cressidalavinia.com

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