Kerri Walsh Jennings on Finding Out She Was Pregnant Mid Olympics and Keeping It Secret

Kerri Walsh Jennings on Finding Out She Was Pregnant Mid Olympics and Keeping It Secret

Cassidy and Skylar speak with five time Olympian, three time Olympic gold medalist, founder of Hero Volley, and mom of three Kerri Walsh Jennings. Kerri opens up about the miscarriage that forced her to choose between starting a family and going for Olympic gold, the marriage that nearly fell apart at the height of her career, and what it felt like to win her third gold medal with her daughter in her belly and her sons cheering from the stands. This discussion touches on: * The miscarriage Kerri had in 2005 and the impossible decision that followed: wait a year to get pregnant, or postpone her family and go for the Olympic repeat with Misty May-Treanor. * How chasing gold while putting her family on hold pushed her marriage to the breaking point and what it actually took to come back from the edge of divorce. * How Kerri found out she was pregnant during the London Olympics, kept competing, and why she has zero regrets about the decision everyone around her questioned. * What it felt like to win her third gold medal with her daughter Scout in her belly, her boys Joey and Sundance in the crowd, and her husband Casey by her side after everything they had been through. * Kerri's honest take on breastfeeding, the judgment she faced as a traveling athlete mom, and why she refuses to apologize for the choices she made. * How Kerri is now channeling everything into building Major League Volleyball and why she believes women's volleyball is on the verge of its biggest moment yet. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. INSTAGRAM  @andmomshow  TIKTOK  @andmomshow  FACEBOOK  @andmomshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

She Performed at the Grammys Three Weeks After Giving Birth | Mickey Guyton

Cassidy and Skylar sit down with Grammy-nominated country music trailblazer and mom Mickey Guyton for one of the most unfiltered conversations we've had on this show. Mickey found out she was pregnant four days after becoming the first Black woman ever nominated for a Grammy in the country music category. What followed was five years she describes as a "dumpster fire" — and the most meaningful chapter of her life. This conversation touches on: * Why Mickey's first reaction to seeing two pink lines wasn't joy — and the deeply ingrained belief she had to unlearn before she could let herself be happy. * What it was like to write "Black Like Me" in 2018, watch it go nowhere, and then post it on Instagram in 2020 and have it change everything — four days before finding out she was pregnant. * Being nine months pregnant when MAGA trolls came after her online — what they said, how it affected her, and how she got through it. * Performing on the Grammy stage three weeks postpartum — what she was wearing under that dress, what was happening to her body, and what she was feeling inside. * The night her nine-month-old son Grayson was the sickest patient in the ER — what she did wrong, what she'd do differently, and the maternal instinct moment that still stays with her. * Why she deliberately sought out Black women doctors during her pregnancy, and the unexpected connection she discovered with her OB six months in. * What nobody told her about the fourth trimester — and why she thinks it needs to be talked about way more than it is. * How motherhood humbled her in ways that no stage, award, or viral moment ever could. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. INSTAGRAM @andmomshow TIKTOK @andmomshow FACEBOOK @andmomshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Brittney Griner Built a Family, Got Detained, and Made It to Paris. Here's the Full Story.

Cassidy and Skylar sit down with WNBA legend and Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner and her wife, attorney and advocate Cherelle Griner. BG and Cherelle open up about building their family through IVF, navigating the donor selection process, and what it was like to bring baby Bash into the world — all while BG was preparing for the Paris Olympics and still processing everything that came before. This discussion touches on: * How BG and Cherelle met at Baylor over a stolen milkshake — and why BG spent a month tracking Cherelle down. * Their decision to pursue IVF, what the process actually looked like shot by shot, and what surprised them most about the fertility clinic. * The delivery room moment that shows exactly why Black women need to advocate loudly for themselves — and a doctor who actually listened. * BG leaving for the Olympics four days after Cherelle gave birth, and how they both survived it. * What Cherelle wishes she had known going into early parenthood — and why she'd go back to those first slow days in a heartbeat. * A first look at The Brittney Griner Story, premiering at Sundance. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. INSTAGRAM @andmomshow TIKTOK @andmomshow FACEBOOK @andmomshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Ally Love Built One of Peloton's Biggest Followings While Secretly Pregnant

Cassidy and Skylar sit down with Peloton instructor, Brooklyn Nets host, Love Squad founder, and new mom Ally Love for one of the most honest conversations she's had about the journey to motherhood. Ally opens up about the pregnancy she kept entirely private while teaching millions of riders every day. Not as a publicity move, but as an act of protection. After a long and unexpected road to starting her family, she wasn't ready to hand that moment over to the world. She wanted other women to see that you don't have to. That you can handle it on your own terms. She also goes deep on what nobody warned her about, the internal work it took to keep showing up, and what it actually feels like to come out the other side. This conversation covers: * Why Ally never publicly announced her pregnancy, what that decision cost her emotionally, and why she'd make the same choice again. * The first trimester work meeting that blindsided her and left her unable to recognize herself, and how it took months to climb back from. * What it means to suffer in silence while performing confidence in front of millions of people every single day. * Coming back postpartum in a sports bra in front of millions, and the self-talk that got her through it. * Why identifying your support system before the baby arrives and actually telling those people what you need is the single most important thing you can do as a new mom. * Her barbecue pineapple pizza obsession, and the laugh hack that stops her son's crying immediately. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. INSTAGRAM @andmomshow  TIKTOK @andmomshow FACEBOOK @andmomshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Lisa Leslie Reveals What it Cost Her to be a Mom and an WNBA Star

Skylar and Cassidy welcome basketball royalty: three-time MVP, four-time Olympic gold medalist, eight-time All-Star, and mom, Lisa Leslie. Lisa discusses the pressure of being the face of the early WNBA while starting a family, her choice to bring her daughter on the road despite no support in place for working mothers, and how an emergency c-section did and did not impact her return. She gets into: * Feeling compelled to publicly apologize to fans for missing a season to give birth and recover * Playing alongside other moms and the financial and logistical realities of traveling with children * Mom guilt, postpartum, and what real player-mom support can actually do Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.  INSTAGRAM @andmomshow TIKTOK @andmomshow FACEBOOK @andmomshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]