Parenting: The Other Mother

Woman's Hour

English - September 04, 2019 08:00 - 10 minutes - 9.29 MB - ★★★★ - 251 ratings
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The comedian Jen Brister talks about what it was like becoming a non-biological mum. She had twin boys with her partner Chloe four years ago after two rounds of IVF, and it was Chloe who gave birth. Jen talks about the reaction of friends, professionals and what she felt like herself having babies in this way and being the other parent - experiences she has written about in her book 'The Other Mother'.