The Motherload Podcast

Pour the champagne, because this one gets real (and yes, a little TMI). Andrea and Gillian kick things off with a heartfelt tribute to period poops, then dive into the messy, beautiful truth about becoming a mom.

They swap pregnancy and birth stories, from positive tests and epidural horror stories to a doctor who told Andrea to "stop being dramatic" mid-push. They get honest about postpartum depression, fake "four days postpartum" influencer posts, and the friendships that quietly fade after you have a baby. Then comes the big one: the invisible load. Doctor's appointments, school forms, birthday gifts, and the dad who didn't know the pediatrician's name.

If you've ever been asked "who's watching the kids?" while you're away on girls day or traveling, but your partner goes golfing and no one blinks an eye, this episode is for you. 

Cheers, Motherloaders!

Chapters: 

00:00 Offloading the invisible load

00:20 A tribute to period poops

02:40 Colonoscopies and a poop fact check

06:00 Finding out we were pregnant

10:40 Epidurals and birth stories

13:00 Coming home: now what?

16:15 Best advice for new moms

18:30 Formula, co-sleeping, and ignoring judgment

20:30 Postpartum depression and asking for help

23:00 Unrealistic postpartum influencers

24:30 The most shocking part of parenthood

27:40 Losing friends after having a baby

32:00 Stop competing and support other moms

34:40 Sliding into the DMs (the cringe moment)

35:50 The invisible load of motherhood

39:15 Dads, shoe sizes, and gender roles

44:20 "Who's watching your kid?"

45:30 Cheers to less invisible load

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Potty training meltdowns, MapQuest road trips, and a baby born on the most awkward date on the calendar. Welcome to The Motherload! In the very first episode, best friends Andrea and Gillian pop some champagne and get honest about who they were before motherhood, marriage, and corporate life.

Andrea moved to Texas "for two years max”, and is still here a decade later. She also found out she was pregnant six days before moving back to Colombia. Gillian was told as a kid that she'd never make it to college, and today she's a VP of marketing. Along the way they get into why solo travel is secret training for motherhood, why nobody has it figured out at 25 (or 39), and the advice they'd give their younger selves.

If you're a millennial mom juggling a career, a toddler, and a missing birth certificate, pour a glass and pull up a chair. Cheers, Motherloaders!

Chapters: 

00:00 Most unhinged moment of the week

02:10 Who were we in our 20s?

05:00 Why solo travel builds confidence

07:15 MapQuest, flip phones, and road trips

10:30 Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha

12:00 The January 6th baby

14:00 Defining moments: saying yes to Texas

19:30 Growing up with a learning disability

27:00 What we'd tell our younger selves

29:00 Backstreet Boys at the Sphere

31:00 Cheers to Tanner

37:00 The hard decade and finding the light

39:30 You don't have to have it figured out

42:00 Pregnant six days before moving abroad

43:30 A word on situationships

46:30 Why we're friends

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Surprise! We're Launching a Brand New Show!

Two moms. Real talk. All the things.

Join us as we dive into the beautiful, messy, chaotic reality of millennial motherhood; the stuff nobody warns you about. We're talking aging parents and growing kids in the same breath, partners who don't quite get why you're losing it over laundry, schedules that make no sense, surprise pregnancies, toddler meltdowns at the grocery store, and the constant question of "wait, is it just me?"

But we're also going deep. We're talking about grief. About losing a parent. About surviving heartbreak that changes you. About the weight of carrying things nobody sees. The conversations that keep you up at night. The moments when motherhood, marriage, and life just feel unbearably heavy.

And then we're talking about the unexpected joys too. The ridiculous moments. The beautiful things. The deeper conversations about who you thought you'd be versus who you actually are now — and honestly, how you're making peace with the difference.

Whether you're juggling work and kids, navigating a partnership on three hours of sleep, processing aging or loss, surviving your own heartbreak, or just trying to figure out your identity in your late thirties (spoiler: it's complicated), this is the show for you.

New episodes coming soon. Because moms deserve a space where everything is on the table: the grief, the joy, the chaos, the growth, and everything in between.

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