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Speaker 1: This is the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast

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Speaker 2: So years ago, in a time far far away, our

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Speaker 2: guest today and I were on the same season of

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Speaker 2: The Bachelor. Amanda Stanton, thank you so much for coming

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Speaker 2: on Almost Famous.

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Speaker 3: Hi, thanks for having me.

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Speaker 2: It's really good to catch up with you. I'm really

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Speaker 2: excited for you. You are a great follow on social media,

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Speaker 2: so I feel like, even though you and I maybe

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Speaker 2: haven't spoken, it's probably been three years, I keep up

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Speaker 2: with your life and so I feel like I know

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Speaker 2: what's going on. But I can't wait to be here

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Speaker 2: with you today to really get the details of what's

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Speaker 2: happening in the world of Amanda.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I know. Last time I came on the podcast,

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Speaker 3: actually you weren't in town, so I was just talking

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Speaker 3: to ash So it's been a while.

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Speaker 2: Well, okay, obviously there's some very obvious big announcements in

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Speaker 2: your life. You recently just had a baby. Can you

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Speaker 2: walk us through kind of what this experience was like

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Speaker 2: where you're at now, just kind of give us a

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Speaker 2: little insight into what you know, what exists in your

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Speaker 2: world today.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. So it's funny actually because it's I get married

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Speaker 3: in twenty twenty two, and we originally were like, let's

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Speaker 3: wait until like our one year anniversary and then start trying.

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Speaker 3: But then I started just I'm a very like anxious person.

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Speaker 3: I always like think of a million different scenarios in

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Speaker 3: my head. So I was like, maybe we should start

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Speaker 3: trying a little sooner, just because you don't know how

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Speaker 3: long it's going to take. So it ended up happening

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Speaker 3: a little bit sooner. But I had a really good,

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Speaker 3: easy pregnancy. Honestly felt very long, but other than that,

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Speaker 3: it was good. And then we had Rosie last month.

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Speaker 3: She's a month old now, which is crazy. I don't

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Speaker 3: know how it's going by so fast.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know necessarily how to ask this question.

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Speaker 2: But obviously when you and I met, you had a

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Speaker 2: little family unit, Like you had a little family, and

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Speaker 2: you were a great mom, Your daughters had big personalities.

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Speaker 2: You guys were like best friends.

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 2: You and I were talking a second ago about like

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Speaker 2: Jess and I's you know, plan for a future family.

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Speaker 2: And one of my biggest concerns is I've gotten really

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Speaker 2: used to at thirty four years old, like just being me,

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Speaker 2: like it's me, you know, And now I'm getting used

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Speaker 2: to being me and Jess, and you know what that

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Speaker 2: looks like. It's it brings me like a lot of

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Speaker 2: anxiety to think of what it now looks like to

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Speaker 2: bring in a kid to that scenario. So I guess

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Speaker 2: my question for you is, when we first met, you

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Speaker 2: had this family unit. You guys had gotten really good

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Speaker 2: together and really used to being together. And now that

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Speaker 2: unit has expanded, what has that been like.

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Speaker 3: It's actually funny that you say that, because I feel like,

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Speaker 3: I mean, you know, like back years ago, like when

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Speaker 3: I was on the show, I got a lot of

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Speaker 3: like judgment for being like single mom on the show,

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Speaker 3: young mom whatever. And I feel like even this time

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Speaker 3: when I was pregnant, people are like, are you It's

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Speaker 3: going to be so much easier for you this time

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Speaker 3: now that you're like married and you have help and

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Speaker 3: when you're younger, like it is so easy because I

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Speaker 3: mean I was twenty one, so I didn't have that,

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Speaker 3: like I'm so used to living like my whole adult

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Speaker 3: like from so early on, so it was all I

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Speaker 3: I mean I was nervous mostly about like starting over

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Speaker 3: really feel like I'm starting over. It actually feels easier

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Speaker 2: We were ecstatic here with the birth of Rosie. I mean,

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Speaker 2: it's it's such a cool thing to witness and it's

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Speaker 2: like you know, see all this come full cycle, and

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they're obsessed with her. I feel like they think

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Speaker 3: she's like their little baby doll. They always want to

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Speaker 3: funny because when I was pregnant too, people were like, Oh,

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Speaker 3: I wasn't really sure if they would be a help

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Speaker 3: or if they'd be kind of like uninterested in a

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Speaker 2: I feel like it has to be one of the

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Speaker 2: coolest things as a parent to see that, like to

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Speaker 2: know that you cared for the two of them, that

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Speaker 2: you're still caring for the two of them, but now

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Speaker 2: to see them, you know, kind of use the skills

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Speaker 2: that you showed them by being a mother to care for,

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Speaker 2: you know, their new sister.

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Speaker 3: Right. No, it's so sweet. I cry at least at

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Speaker 3: least twice a day, just like watching him. It's the

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Speaker 2: Well, let's talk about Michael for a second. Obviously, you

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Speaker 2: guys did get married in twenty twenty two. Yes, you know,

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Speaker 2: social media tells a piece of the story. It looked

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Speaker 2: like a beautiful dating relationship into a wonderful wedding and

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Speaker 2: for you to have you know now Michael with like

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Speaker 2: it been weird? At times? How is he as a dad?

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Speaker 3: He's he's so good. Well, I kind of, you know,

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Speaker 3: I got to see him kind of as a dad

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Speaker 3: beforehand with kNs in chart, but it's different at the

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Speaker 2: So yeah, he's good's it's really it's really special for

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Speaker 2: that changed? I guess experiencing that love, Like has that

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I Mean it's funny too, because it's one of

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Speaker 3: those things like how I felt when we started dating

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Speaker 2: How does that like, how does that work?

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Speaker 2: How do you We just spoke with Braiden Christina, who

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Speaker 2: recently got engaged at the Golden Wedding. Christina, you know,

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Speaker 3: I mean, it kind of was something that happened gradually.

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Speaker 3: It's kind of something that just like evolved naturally over time.

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Speaker 3: But it's been it's been good. I mean I feel

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Speaker 2: And it's I mean, you guys are living where.

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Speaker 3: Now, we're still in Orange County.

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Speaker 2: You're in Orange County, Okay. So you've you've got your

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Speaker 2: where he's from?

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Speaker 3: He actually he was born and raised in New York, Okay,

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Speaker 3: and then he moved out. He was in LA for

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's the best. I always say, like I would

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Speaker 2: They come over and help, like they want to be

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, yeah, I see my family like multiple times

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Speaker 3: a week. I talk to my mom like fifteen times

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Speaker 2: That's okay. We both really appreciate having, you know, adult

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Speaker 2: children that are very much still in contact with parents.

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Speaker 2: We find that here at almost Famos podcast very healthy. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it makes a lot more fun. I think for me,

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Speaker 2: that's one thing I'm worried about. Right. I live in Denver,

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Speaker 2: my parents live in Indiana, her parents live in Nashville.

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Speaker 2: We're so far away, so you know, that's always something

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Speaker 3: Right, I'm sure they they'll come visit all the time.

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Speaker 3: I mean I went through a short period of time

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I know, it's so funny. I was like, bird's

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Speaker 2: Don't be sorry. It's beautiful. I mean, it's natural, it's beautiful.

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Speaker 2: the consensus for because this is obviously a topic that

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Speaker 2: I'm hearing about all the time, you know, on social media,

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Speaker 2: people you know, mothers are coming down and they're like, hey,

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Speaker 2: I don't feel like I used to and I haven't

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Speaker 2: you know, gone back to what I used to look

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Speaker 2: like in the mirror and all those things. What is

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Speaker 2: like the consensus advice that you two are receiving that

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Speaker 2: maybe a listener could receive to kind of like work

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Speaker 2: through this and with it and like heal a little

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Speaker 2: bit mentally, you know, emotionally and mentally.

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Speaker 4: Well, I guess I'll go first. I think it's not

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Speaker 4: so much advice that I have been given so much

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Speaker 4: as like I can give myself now because I've gone

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Speaker 4: through it before. But I think that like just having

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Speaker 4: faith that like you're gonna you will go will feel

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Speaker 4: back to normal, like because the first time it's scary

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Speaker 4: because you really don't know like, is this feeling in

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Speaker 4: my body right now? And my self confidence like gonna

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Speaker 4: stick like this? And I guess, and maybe I'm not

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Speaker 4: speaking for everyone, but for myself, I know that like

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Speaker 4: within a few months after having him, I was just like, oh,

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Speaker 4: what a relief. I feel like me again. And I

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Speaker 4: do see these Instagram reels that I can sadly not

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Speaker 4: relate to this summer, but I can't wait till the

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Speaker 4: following because it says like, this is your summer where

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Speaker 4: you're not pregnant and not freshly postpartum and you get

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Speaker 4: to enjoy drinks and feel like yourself by the beach.

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Speaker 4: And I'm like, oh, yeah, that's a great feeling.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I know, that's that's how I'm hoping to feel

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Speaker 3: by the.

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Speaker 2: Summer, Amanda. Any advice that you've been given, no, I mean.

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Speaker 3: Kind of kind of just what I said earlier though,

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Speaker 3: was like I've just been trying to like change my

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Speaker 3: perspective and being like, well, I'm so lucky that this

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Speaker 3: is like the only thing that I'm like struggling with

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Speaker 3: right now, because it's, like Ashley said, something that I

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Speaker 3: know is not going to last forever, and I feel

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Speaker 3: lucky that, like That's that's what I'm stressing about, you

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Speaker 3: know what I mean, because there could be so many

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Speaker 3: other things. So that's kind of what's helping me.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 2: I used to Amanda this was recorded and documented. I

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Speaker 2: thought it was really sweet as and true. I was

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Speaker 2: not lying to her. But Ashlely with Dawson would show

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Speaker 2: up to the podcast and be like, Ashley, you look

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Speaker 2: beautiful to day and she'd be like, no, I don't,

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Speaker 2: don't say that, it's not true, and I'd be like,

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Speaker 2: all right, I'll stop saying like not my deal is

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Speaker 2: my role of acne.

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Speaker 4: And I would get on the podcast after throwing up

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Speaker 4: multiple times pregnant with Dawson, and he would say these things.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, not my role. That's Jared's role. He gets to

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Speaker 2: deal with whatever this is outside of me. But as

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Speaker 2: you like for a partner who is going through this,

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Speaker 2: like what things has Michael done or or even you know,

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Speaker 2: Jared done to really support you well during this time.

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Speaker 3: I feel like Michael was like so sweet throughout the

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Speaker 3: whole pregnancy and even now I can't really think of

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Speaker 3: like anything specific. Yeah, I don't know, actually, do you

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Speaker 3: have any anything?

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Speaker 4: Okay? So, like I finished breaking bad last week and

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Speaker 4: I finished a whole five season series in five weeks, okay,

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Speaker 4: because and that's actually not It wasn't that like excessive.

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Speaker 4: I was watching hour and a half every day.

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Speaker 2: Actually, you don't have to. You don't have to like

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Speaker 2: apologize for yourself. It's fine. You watch an episode, now,

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Speaker 2: tell us what happened.

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Speaker 5: Right.

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Speaker 4: So I would like be in bed and watch an

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Speaker 4: episode at like noon on a weekday, and Jared would

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Speaker 4: be and I'd be like, stop judging me if you

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Speaker 4: walk into the bedroom, because I'm like, you think I

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Speaker 4: should even be reductive, And he's like, I'm not judging you.

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Speaker 4: I swear relaxed, enjoy yourself. I want you to. And

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Speaker 4: I think, Ben, my best advice to you for the

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Speaker 4: future or any other guys out there, is just like, truly,

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Speaker 4: don't judge your girl when she's like just resting. Because

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Speaker 4: I saw this again funny Instagram real the other day.

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Speaker 4: It was like, oh, hey, what's up today? I just

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Speaker 4: like created a kidney? What'd you do?

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Speaker 3: You know?

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Speaker 4: So it's like I'm still sitting there being really really productive.

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Speaker 2: That's fair.

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Speaker 3: Okay, So yeah, no, that's a good one. I would

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Speaker 3: say the same with Michael like when I'm like taking

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Speaker 3: a nap on the couch like in the afternoon or something,

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Speaker 3: just like not not judging. That's a good one.

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Speaker 2: I feel like that's so easy, Like is it just

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Speaker 2: obvious to me that, like, hey, your wife's pregnant, like

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Speaker 2: don't tell her to get up and see what?

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Speaker 4: He would never tell me to do that. It's just

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Speaker 4: more of like how you feel because you feel like

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Speaker 4: you you should like be doing something. I don't know.

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Speaker 4: I think that a lot of people out there are

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Speaker 4: like I feel so unproductive. I just feel like a

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Speaker 4: bump on a log. And it's just like if the

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Speaker 4: people around you and Bracy being a bump on a log,

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Speaker 4: then you can like just relax a little bit more

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Speaker 4: truly yourself.

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Speaker 3: Yes, exactly, that's fair.

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Speaker 4: But Amanda, I was going to ask about your massages

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Speaker 4: that you've been getting, the lymphatic drainage massages that you

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Speaker 4: said I have been helping you.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I love them. So I've been trying to go

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Speaker 3: once a week because it just kind of like gets

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Speaker 3: things moving, like flushes like water and like swallowing out

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Speaker 3: of your system. And I've noticed a bit difference to

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Speaker 3: gone three or four times now, So I've been trying

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Speaker 3: to do that once a week plus. It's nice to

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Speaker 3: like get out of the house and like go do

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Speaker 3: something for myself. But I love it. You should find

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Speaker 3: someone close by. I did it during pregnancy too, but

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Speaker 3: I think it's especially helpful like postpartum with like swelling.

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Speaker 3: I didn't know, like I just guess I forgot that,

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Speaker 3: Like I was more swollen the week after I had

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Speaker 3: her than I was the ivy.

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Speaker 4: Everybody looks as much like in the pictures, like you're

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Speaker 4: like a baby announcement picture when you like do your

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Speaker 4: makeup and you're like, okay, it's been twenty four forty

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Speaker 4: eight hours, let's put it out there. And then you

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Speaker 4: put your makeup on, you think you kind of look cute,

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Speaker 4: and then you see the picture and you're like, my

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00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,400
Speaker 4: face is twice as us because there's so much salt

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Speaker 4: of my body right now.

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Speaker 3: Yes, oh my gosh, I almost couldn't fit my feet

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Speaker 3: in my shoes like I was, you know, but I

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Speaker 3: feel like it helped. You would just kind of like

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Speaker 3: blush all of that out totally.

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Speaker 2: So as we close up here with you, Amanda, what like,

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Speaker 2: what's uh?

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Speaker 4: I mean?

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Speaker 2: You obviously have a lot going on, and again it's

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Speaker 2: okay to be like nothing more than what's happening in

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Speaker 2: this house. That's great, But is there anything our listeners

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Speaker 2: can pay attention to anything happened in your life that

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Speaker 2: you want to talk about a little bit.

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Speaker 3: No, pretty much, just that's all what's happening in the house.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, okay, I got a question. Then, Yeah, how did

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Speaker 4: you play the most perfect birthday party? For Charlie's tenth

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Speaker 4: birthday party? It was like curated to perfection in the

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Speaker 4: Taylor Swift Eras theme. It was nuts for something that

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00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:10,560
Speaker 4: you just said, you just threw it together. You're like,

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Speaker 4: I haven't planned anything like bad days before.

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Speaker 3: No, it actually turned out a lot better than I was,

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Speaker 3: like than I was expecting. So what happened was I

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Speaker 3: didn't plan anything for Charlie's birthday because I was due

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Speaker 3: at the like around the time of her birthday, I

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Speaker 3: thought that I was going to have Rosie like a

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Speaker 3: lot sooner. So then like as every day went by,

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Speaker 3: I was like, oh my god, I'm going to have

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Speaker 3: her on Charlie's birthday. So I think I had a

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Speaker 3: lot of guilt and I was like, I have to

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Speaker 3: plan a good birthday party for Charlie because like, we

588
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,359
Speaker 3: didn't do anything for her birthday, so I managed to

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Speaker 3: pull it together at kind of the last minute. But

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Speaker 3: it was fun.

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Speaker 4: She had a good Amazon seems like a lot of

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Speaker 4: those products you got from Amazon.

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Speaker 3: Everything everything was from Amazon.

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Speaker 2: That's some mom magic.

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Speaker 3: Mom magic would be, what did we do before Amazon Prime?

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Speaker 3: I don't know.

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Speaker 4: It's a lot harder to be a mom, not in

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Speaker 4: today's date age.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Well, Amanda, it's really great to catch up with you.

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Speaker 2: Very excited to get congratulations on the birth of Rosie

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Speaker 2: and your beautiful family. Tell Michael congratulations from all of us.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for jumping on giving us the updates, catches us

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Speaker 2: up on your life. We wish you the best.

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Speaker 3: Thank you and congrats.

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Speaker 5: Ash.

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Speaker 4: Thanks so so fun talking about this stuff with you,

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Speaker 4: because right I text you later situation Okay, all right,

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Speaker 4: bye bye.

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Speaker 2: That's been Amanda Stanton on the Almost Famous podcast. Amanda

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Speaker 2: is one of the best known contestants to ever be

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Speaker 2: on The Bachelor franchise. She is a mom of three.

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Speaker 2: Michael is her husband, Rosie is their new daughter. What

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Speaker 2: a cool update that we got and what a gift

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Speaker 2: it is that Amanda came on, so we have more

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Speaker 2: episodes for you, breaking down obviously the Bachelor season and

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Speaker 2: headlines and almost good advice and interviews like this one,

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Speaker 2: so stay tuned to our channel. More coming your way.

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Speaker 2: So until next time, I've been Ben, I've been Ashley

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Speaker 2: that guys.

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Speaker 4: Thank you.

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