During the final chapter, she was snuggled up in my arms at about 9pm, after an hour and a half of trying to settle her down into her own bed to go to sleep, and feeling zombie-like, desperate for some alone time relaxing with her dad downstairs, and willing the small monster to settle to sleep, whilst reading a beautiful account from Ellie of how all these frustrating and draining moments are so worth it for the snuggles and the joy - and I really appreciated that reminder that we are all going through the same ups and downs but that we wouldn't want to change a thing. Of all the word play on this list, this one feels almost too direct and the punchline doesn’t get the payoff from Joel or the audience that some of the others higher up do. She admitted that pregnancy has been a ‘funny’ topic for her in recent years and she had found it ‘tricky following prego people online.

Taking to Instagram to share the happy news, Taylor posted a picture of herself and her daughter kissing the bump. For anyone who is pregnant, or trying to weigh up whether or not they ever want to be pregnant, this is a really helpful insight into what you might experience and - importantly - that all of the negative experiences and emotions that you may go through are NORMAL and OK! The place is literally covered in books and literature, Ellie even tells Joel and the audience that she loves to read right before she cracks this one. Strictly pro Gorka Marquez and former Strictly contestant Gemma Atkinson share two children, Mia, four, and baby Thiago. The postal system and most uses for envelopes might be entirely gone in this world but that’s no reason for them to stop being used to tell hilarious jokes.The Snog, Marry Avoid icon and Ted Lasso actress shared the news with followers in a sweet Instagram post on Friday.

Regardless, even if you think it won’t be relatable to you, I still recommend it for Ellie’s audio performance. As not everyone will have the means to access some of the resources she refers to from the early weeks (i. There is humour, of course, but there is also common sense and a certain amount of anger at what women still have to put up with. We have plenty of food related jokes to go through and if I’m being honest, this is the one that resonates with me the least. And should the UK break up into lots of little kingdoms, Game of Thrones-style (but with fewer dragons)?

But not only that, she acknowledges her own privileges and how because of money, race, and in being a straight cis couple, her journey went the way it did. Admittedly, I'm not really the target audience as I don't have any particular interest in children and am not a mother.