Emma Barnett Instagram – “I remember waving off my partner [going to work], standing at the door, feeling like it was World War II in my body… and that was the first time we were really in a different space to one another.”
Award-winning journalist and broadcaster @emmabarnett recalls the moment her partner returned to work after two weeks of paternity leave following the birth of her second child on this week’s Netmums Podcast. Who can relate?
BBC Radio 4 presenter and author Emma swaps the interview chair for the hot seat as our guest to talk about the pressures of parenting, the idea of a picture-perfect motherhood and the realities of maternity leave.
From navigating IVF to balancing work and family life, Emma shares her refreshingly honest take on what she thinks, it really means to be a mum and why she believes maternity leave should be rebranded ‘maternity service’. Discover more on this in her new book Maternity Service, out now.
🔗 Listen now via netmums.com, Apple podcasts, Spotify and other streamers. And while you’re there, catch up on all other previous episodes.
#NetmumsPodcast #MotherhoodUnfiltered #ParentingJourney | Posted on 19/Mar/2025 17:05:20
