Meghan says having kids ‘was not how she envisioned' after calling motherhood ‘overwhelming'
MEGHAN Markle has revealed how having kids was "not how she envisioned" in her latest podcast episode.
The Duchess of
Sussex
spoke with Kitsch founder Cassandra Thurswell in episode seven of her eight-part series Confessions of a Female Founder.
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Cassandra Thurswell was the latest guest on Meghan's podcast
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Meghan's podcast released episode seven this week
Credit: Instagram
The chat, which came out
this morning
, is part of the Lemonada Media podcast which has been releasing a new episode each Tuesday since April 8.
Meghan, 43, and Cassandra discussed motherhood together in the latest episode.
The Duchess of Sussex revealed that she had always had a "vision" of being a mum.
But the reality of pregnancy and motherhood was not exactly what she expected, Meghan claimed.
The Duchess said: "I will say, for myself - especially when they are baby babies and before I was mum, I've always wanted to be a mum.
"I was like, 'Oh gosh I'm going to give a speech with a baby on my hip' - I had a whole vision - you fast forward, granted I had a lot of external things happening by the time I had both pregnancies and both babies.
"But it was not the way I envisioned it."
It comes after Meghan spoke about getting her "hands dirty" and admitted she doesn't "have time to cook everyday" in the sixth episode.
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The Duchess of Sussex sat down with Heather Hasson, the founder of FIGS, in the previous episode.
Meghan, 43, said: "It can get messy and the best founders are not afraid to get their hands dirty.
"And I don't mean play dirty. I mean, when it's 'clean up on aisle five' time, you are the first person there with a mop."
The podcast comes after the Duchess's Netflix lifestyle series With Love, Meghan was released in March and her new brand As Ever was launched last month.
Podcast host Meghan sells £11 jars of jam and £22 limited edition honey.
Shoppers can also sample her £9 teas, including lemon ginger, peppermint and hibiscus.
Confessions Of A Female Founder is Meghan's second attempt at entering the podcast sphere after the failed launch of Archetypes.
The show was about female stereotypes and ran for just one series before getting the boot.
The
Duchess of Sussex then
signed a deal with Lemonada Media in February 2024 after her
contract for Archetypes ended in 2023.
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Confessions of a Female Founder is Meghan's second attempt at the podcast sphere
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