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EP 01: Meet The Moms
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Welcome to the Mom Group Chat! Candace, Shannon and Whitney discuss the importance of community and connection for new mothers, and how their own text group chat inspired the idea for this show. They share what you can expect from the podcast in the future, and thier hopes and dreams for the ultimate “Mom Group Chat” community. It’s only a cult if you want it to be!
Keep up with the Moms and join the conversation on our socials:
Instagram: @momgroupchat
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Questions/comments/need to vent? Email us at momgroupchat@gmail.com
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Transcript
Introduction to the Podcast
00:00:07
Speaker
There's no right way to do it. Oh, we're going to get into it. What up moms? Hi. Hey. My name is Candice and I'm here with my two best friends, Whitney and Shannon, and this is the Mom Group Chat Podcast. Woo woo. I'm happy to be here. Yeah. Thrilled. Let's go.
00:00:28
Speaker
We are here at my house in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. We have brought our mom group chat text group to my couch and we're here now and we're using this weekend to debut our podcast and I'm so excited. I'm so freaking pumped. I mean, this is a dream come true, right? We have been talking about this podcast for almost two years, I feel like. I cannot believe that. Time has flown that quick.
00:00:55
Speaker
from the time we were pregnant and now our children are one plus. Yep.
Meet the Hosts and Their Stories
00:01:01
Speaker
Yep. So this is our, you know, season one, episode one. It's our pilot, if you will. And today we're going to introduce ourselves. You're going to hear a little bit about who we are, where we are in our motherhood journeys and what you can expect from this show moving forward. Yep. So let's start with Candice.
00:01:21
Speaker
Hello, Candice. Tell us a little bit about yourself. Amazing. I am Candice. I'm 32. I live in Tampa, Florida, born and raised. Go bucks. Go bucks. That really, that go bucks was just for my husband, really. But I did move away for a little bit. I've lived in New York city and a couple and went to school in Alabama. I have an almost 12 month old, Alice Joan, which is so wild that she is almost a year. She's our cutie girl.
00:01:49
Speaker
She is the girl of the group. I'm an entrepreneur. I own my own business and I'm just so thrilled. Oh, married for forgot about him. Forgot about the husband. The sperm donor. Did I get one already?
00:02:07
Speaker
Oh my gosh. I've been married since June of 2020. I was also a COVID bride. That is a whole other episode, but yeah, happy to be here. Yes. Shannon, tell us about yourself. Okay. I'm Shannon Thin. I live here in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with my husband. We moved here from New York City. We were a COVID shuffle moving out of the city.
00:02:31
Speaker
Down here. Yep. Two and a half years ago, we lived in an 800 square foot apartment with no child. And now we live in the suburbs of North Carolina, got married, had a baby. It was like a full life 180. Um, but we are super happy. And loving it. Loving it. Yeah. And how old is TJ? TJ is my son. He is 14 months. He was born on December 31st. So he's a New Year's Eve baby. I can never forget how old he is.
00:02:59
Speaker
So true. That was wild. I feel like that's a rare birthday. He was the last baby born in the hospital and they were all like, Happy New Year! And then the first baby born on January 1st gets free diapers. That's fucked up. And I got nothing. I just got a certificate that the nurses made. I was like, thanks. It's okay. It's cool. It's fine.
00:03:21
Speaker
I'm harboring this thought and anger for you. I am now a stay-at-home mom. I used to work in corporate America in tech sales and consulting. Also really happy about that. I know we'll get more into our careers and such in the future, but best rhymes with Candace from high school. We'll get into that too.
The Pregnancy Pact and Podcast Origin
00:03:42
Speaker
You're up. OK, so I don't know if we mentioned this, but we did make a pregnancy pact. Tell us about yourself first. OK, well, I am also 32 and I am in Nashville or the suburbs of Nashville and Brentwood currently. I also lived away in Rhode Island for a while and loved it, but moved home to be next to my mommy for help with the little one and my dad, obviously, but I just say mom.
00:04:09
Speaker
And I have a 17-month-old, almost 18-month-old, and it's crazy how time has flown. It feels like just yesterday we were all pregnant. Oh, and I am pregnant again. I was like, just yesterday you were pregnant. Surprise, I'm pregnant with baby number two, and we're so thrilled.
00:04:30
Speaker
About that. It's actually a great segue because the pregnancy pact is kind of the origin of the show. 100%. Candace. Which sounds cultish, but it's not. But it is. We're inviting you into our cult. The purpose of this podcast is to lead a cult. It's a fun one, though. We won't abuse you. Yeah.
00:04:54
Speaker
We do drink a little. It's crazy. It's crazy. Um, so we were preparing for Candace's wedding. Whitney and I were both bridesmaids. We were there early, you know, when you get to your best friend's wedding and you're just like buzzing and feeling so good. You're so excited. Drinking wine on the patio. How wish I was right now.
00:05:13
Speaker
It was good times. Actually I can't, I'm sorry. I forgot already. Candice and I will. We basically all realized that we were on the same pregnancy plan. We wanted to get pregnant at the same time, so we went ahead and made a pact that we were gonna try and get pregnant that year. And how fun would it be if we all got pregnant together? Well, Whitney got pregnant immediately. The next day, oh my gosh, I flew home to my husband and wham bam. Thank you ma'am, our fertile queen. Yes, thank you sir.
00:05:41
Speaker
Three months later, I was pregnant and then three months later, Candace was pregnant. And so we did it. We did it. And our group chat has been literally popping off ever since. Yeah. And we decided to make a podcast. Yeah. I also have to shout out my other mom group chat, which is another reason that I wanted to start this podcast because I couldn't have gotten through my pregnancy and through momhood so far.
00:06:10
Speaker
I will say that if anyone needs advice, join a forum of your birth month because it is so helpful. Candice had the best success out of it, obviously. Shout out to the Q1 moms. You know who you are. They are my other mom group chat and they truly got me through pregnancy and momhood. It was a due date group that I joined and now they are literally 17 to 20 of my best friends.
00:06:38
Speaker
We've been on trips together. We've gotten drunk together. We've cried, laughed, all the things. I think really the reason this podcast is coming to life is because of how important our group chats have been in our lives. Gosh, these conversations are crucial. I was going to ask you next.
00:06:59
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why you wanted to start this group chat.
Community and Support for Mothers
00:07:01
Speaker
I feel like you kind of just answered, but if there's anything else you want to add, Candice, why are we doing a podcast? I think motherhood and pregnancy can feel really lonely, and it's really hard. No one understands being a mom like other moms, and especially if they are in the same trajectory, in the same period of that part of life.
00:07:25
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It's really crucial to have people who understand what you're going through and all of those phases of life. And no one understood me more than you guys also going through it in my other mom group chat. And the community and having the support, being able to laugh, cry, all the things was what kept me sane.
00:07:48
Speaker
Totally. I mean, when you are a social person, which I think we all are, we thrive on social gatherings and talking and being with a group and, you know, just traveling. And when it all kind of comes to a stop and you're in pregnancy and having a baby and you have the long nights, it's like, oh, my gosh, what is happening? This is not who I am.
00:08:10
Speaker
you kind of lose yourself in motherhood and then finding like-minded people, having friends that are going through the same thing. It's just a game changer. It's so helpful having that team behind you. Totally. What about you, Shan? Everything that you two just mentioned is so true. What you just mentioned, Whitney, about feeling isolated. I think especially moms our age who got pregnant and had their babies in COVID,
00:08:39
Speaker
And a lot of people moved during that time. Andrew and I moved and then I got pregnant and I felt really alone for a while. Making friends in that time period. It's like I'm already strung so thin.
00:08:54
Speaker
Yeah, it's hard. I feel like I'm coming out of it now, but it took some time. But we felt like the reason I'm so excited about starting this podcast and why I wanted to with you guys was truly to give back. I know that sounds silly because we have 0.0 listeners at this point because this hasn't aired yet, but
00:09:16
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We're talking to you. We're all girls, girls. Like the three of us are girls, girls. We love women. We want to celebrate women. Like even though motherhood, you are in the shit sometimes. Like we all want more babies. Oh, I mean, it happened for me.
00:09:34
Speaker
Here we are. I'm scared, y'all. I mean, I'm not gonna lie. Because I know what's coming this time. It's the craziest ride. And we live in a world where we don't necessarily have your best friends around you all the time, but also spread out the world is crazy now people move. We don't have the tribe like you used to have. And if you can get a slice of that from this podcast and from your own like mom group chats that I know you all are in. And if you're not,
00:10:03
Speaker
Join ours. It really makes a difference. 100%. Thank God for technology, guys. I know. I'm so glad we all get to talk, and we get to talk to you all that are listening, and I'm hoping we can find even...
00:10:21
Speaker
make a friend out there. Yeah. I think the other thing we haven't touched on yet is that all of us have kind of searched for that perfect mom podcast for something that is funny and relatable and a little bit educational and not too judgy or not too complainy. Right. And we hadn't found that. And it's something we've been chatting about for over a year now to be like, oh, this doesn't exist. And then we always joke, oh, we should just make our own. And then.
00:10:49
Speaker
We girl boss too close to the sun. And then Giddy and I just get scared and are like, yay, let's do it. Let's do it. And then Candace is like, we're doing it. Yeah. She's our pusher. Candace is our drug pusher. She's like, we're starting a podcast. Oh, we're here. I'm so excited. I know. So proud. And this is so fun.
00:11:06
Speaker
My favorite work thing I've ever done in my life. It's not even, it's not work when you're having fun. We have so many plans for this podcast.
Future Plans and Guest Perspectives
00:11:14
Speaker
We have guests we want to bring on. Like we said, we want to be a little educational. We also want to hear from you guys as a community, some things you're going through. We're going to open up dialogue from
00:11:25
Speaker
all ends of motherhood to really make this a valuable show for you guys and to be a space where you guys can come and spill the beans. Whether it's a funny story, something funny your kid did or your husband did, or some problem you're having, you need some advice. We truly want it to be a group chat with you guys as a community.
00:11:48
Speaker
So we're just so excited to have you guys here. Welcome to our mom group chat. Before we close, I think what would be fun is if we each go around and say like one thing that we're really excited for on the show and like get a little specific. Okay. You know, I guess I'll share first. I'm really excited to bring guests on the show and
00:12:14
Speaker
Not like, I think it would be great to have authors and specialists in their field, et cetera, but I want to bring people who are moms that just have a unique perspective. They don't necessarily have to be famous, but I think we've all talked about just hearing stories from people who are in your kind of sphere of motherhood, like similar ages, et cetera, real ass stories that you can relate to.
00:12:43
Speaker
I know. I feel like that's going to be fun. What about you? I'm probably most excited about hearing from the community and interacting with everyone on Instagram. I'm a people person. I really like talking to a lot of people, hearing their perspective, hearing what you guys want to hear from us. I'm looking forward to feedback, just chatting and making some friends out there.
00:13:09
Speaker
which kind of leads into what I'm most excited for. I'm most excited for in-person future community meetups. Yes, that would be so fun. I'm a manifestor, I'm just saying it now, so I am manifesting mom group chat meetups all over the country, all over the world, and I've done it in person with my own mom group chat, with the Q1 moms,
00:13:36
Speaker
They went on a trip to Austin. I wasn't able to go to that one, unfortunately, but we just did one in Orlando where we went to Disney World and drank around the world. It was the time of my life, honestly. It's so amazing how the internet can bring people together and finding your people can change your life. I'm just so excited for all the times that our community can get together.
00:14:02
Speaker
The community is key. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I can't wait to meet them. I know. We like you. We love you already. We love you so much. Amazing. Well, this has been fun already. I can't wait for everything to come and I just.
00:14:20
Speaker
I love you guys. I can't wait to keep recording. I know. We're not stopping. All right. We're never stopping. See you later. Toodaloo. Thank you so much for being a part of our mom group chat. New episodes drop every Tuesday and don't forget the group chat is blowing up on our Instagram page. So make sure you're following along over there. All right. Got to go. My toddler just put something in her mouth.