Yumi Stynes

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1,797 appearances 13 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 21 Sep

Yumi Stynes’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Ladies, We Need To Talk · "I wish I'd never had them": the pain of regretting kids · 17 Aug 2026 podcast

So settle in, my friend.

thing that you can't talk about.

Take it from me, there is nothing that anyone can say that can prepare you for how much your life will change when you become a mother.

It's not just sleepless nights, the clothes that will never fit you again, the friends who drift away and the new version of your partner that you've never met and don't know if you like.

It's the fact that you experience an almost unimaginable loss of freedom.

You are tethered forever.

And you now have a huge responsibility in the shape of a whole entire human life that is all yours and will be yours without respite for literally decades.

So yeah, it's not unusual to think, what the fuck have I done?

But for most people, these thoughts come but are offset with morning cuddles and gummy toothless smiles and delightful fuzzy heads and jokes and enough love to power a small car or at least a deep fryer.

But what if the what have I done feeling isn't fleeting?

What if it sticks around day after day, year after year?

What if your honest opinions on your kids makes you feel like a terrible person?

I'm Yumi Steins.

Ladies, we need to talk about motherhood regret.

Meet Hannah.

She's a mum of two and lives in a small regional town where she spends a lot of time driving for work and listening to this podcast.

When she heard we were looking for women who regret having kids, it stopped her in her tracks.

Like if

Hannah has never spoken about how she really feels about being a mum until now.

We've changed her name to protect her anonymity and it's taken a lot of courage for her to speak on the record.

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