Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister coming to your ears every Monday.

Just a note that today's episode discusses sexual assault, eating disorders, and stresses that can come up in pregnancy.

In today's episode, we cover:

• The mum who was fired a week before her due date, inspired by this The Cut piece
• Another mum got slammed about concerns about a male daycare worker, but does this new research justify her worries?
• Is it wrong to directly ask a woman about her baby bump? Inspired by Nell Frizzell's Vogue column. You weigh in on one of the most contributed to Ready or Not Instagram poll ever.
• How much sex are tired parents having? Your red hot answers to our polls.
• Plus, Lu shares two terrible parenting moments.

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