So you have three kids.
I do.
How old are they?
12, 9, 6.
So girls and a boy.
And Violet is 12.
Yes.
And what was it like when you found out the first time
you were pregnant with Violet?
I woke up that morning--
You were only pregnant with her once, right?
Yeah.
Just once.
I've only had her once.
But I woke up that morning and I just knew.
And I peed on the stick and it was so faint.
I don't know if you guys had this.
Those first few days, it's like so faint you can hardly tell.
So I was on my way to work and I called my doctor and said,
can I come in and have a proper test?
And he said, yeah, sure.
Come in.
And he gave me one and he said, I don't know.
You're not pregnant.
It's negative.
And I was like, yeah, I am.
I'm telling you, I am.
And so she's 12.
And I don't use that doctor anymore,
but I do have her, so I won.
So do you like being pregnant?
Yes.
But everyone, I was more nauseous.
I don't know.
Each kid, it was worse and worse.
Really?
Yes.
So you were nauseous for Violet?
I was nauseous for Violent.
Then with Sera, with my middle daughter,
I had to listen to Yo-Yo Ma at night.
It got worse throughout the day.
It wasn't like in the morning and then I was fine.
Like as the day went on, it was worse.
And I just remember for some reason,
Yo-Yo Ma was the thing that got me through.
And I would lie there like this like in the bed
just kind of waiting and hoping I would fall asleep.
It's crazy, right?
I mean, you do crazy things.
And then with the third kid, just forget it.
It's like just forget it.
It was like Happy Meals and--
it's just gross.
It's just gross, what you do.
Well, I mean, one of the things for me about being pregnant
is first of all, you can tell like day two.
And second of all, I carried a baby in the back
as much as I did in the front.
So I'd always like catch myself in the mirror and be like, ah.
What is that?
That is so big.
Oh my god.
There's another thing growing back there.
You mean your butt got bigger?
So, so, so big.
So part of the baby was actually into your butt?
I think so, Ellen.
Yeah.
That happens.
Like stretched out?
Yes.
Yeah.
I don't know where they are.
I don't know.
I know nothing.
So nine-year-old Seraphine.
Right?
That's her name?
Yeah.
She is talented.
I saw a picture that she made something for you.
For my birthday.
She has a peg loom that she got at summer camp in her bedroom.
It has 12 pegs.
And she makes scarves.
She made that whole thing?
She did.
She was so proud of it.
She'd been working on it for weeks.
And then it disappeared right before my birthday
and the morning of my birthday, she was like,
momma, it's cold outside and I have a present for you.
And she said, you can wear it right now on the way to school.
And I was like, great.
I will.
But I mean, come on.
What a great-- like most daughters at that age
are like you're having to kind of control them
from being on the internet and doing all kinds of things.
That's really cool that she does that.
No.
They're always just a great surprise.
Yeah.
So what is the biggest change that you-- because I always
like to have moms co-host with me on this day because I mean,
I'm sure they have friends who have kids, but like what
are they going to expect like all of a sudden having a brand
new little child?
Well, here's the thing, you guys.
You will get your bodies back.
You will get your lives back.
You can still travel.
You can still have fun.
You can still go back to work, or not.
You can breastfeed or not.
You know, you will be best friends with your kid,
and then someday you're going to realize you're actually
angry with them and that's OK.
And you're going to be great because it's your experience,
and it's your baby, and it's your body,
and it's going to happen the way you want it to,
and you're starting your families.
It's going to be beautiful.
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Good advice.
Because it is.
It's all going to.
Yeah.
Everyone has a different experience,
but as long as you love that child and are there for them,
that's the most important thing.
That's kind of the deal.
Yep.