Hannah Witton #2

[simmehchan]

I don't get why she couldn't have just started posting this stuff on her main channel.

 

[replace32titles]

New vlognukah video about taking on too much for vlognukah.. it doesn’t really seem to be paying off in the views.

"Taking on too much" when two of the five so far have been tedious and self-indulgent prattling about the so-called career that no one cares about - not the details, anyway - and the best of the lot has been the barrel-scraping plain ham sandwich video.

 

[whatayarn]

Today might be the day when I’m persuaded to sign up to Squarespace!

Oh wait.

 

[BumbleBeee]

I feel really bad about harping on about her hormones all the time. But I’m genuinely in disbelief about her fertility woes. She’s either very ill informed or pretending to be.

She said her menstrual cycle length is something like 80 days. Obviously nature is wonderful and miracles happen but the odds of a natural pregnancy are close to nil with hormones that out of whack - even when she does menstruate it’s unlikely that the prior ovulation was successful/viable.

I have severe PCOS and have spent years figuring this all out and getting my hormones back on track. Mainly I managed through diet, exercise and supplementation which all came from my own research into the huge amount of evidence out there. I went from cycle lengths similar to hers, to a regular 30ish day cycle and semi-regular ovulation. This was mainly through blood sugar management with diet and exercise. Slouching around all day eating 10 ham sandwiches is not exactly conducive to fixing her insulin resistance, even if she’s prescribed metformin.

She admitted herself that when she conceived Rowan she was in the best physical shape she’s ever been in, noted that it wasn’t a coincidence, then talked herself out of it because she didn’t want to fixate on exercise. As somebody who also recovered from a major eating disorder I’m fairly impatient with non-disordered women like Hannah pretending they’re somehow vulnerable to disordered behaviours when they’re simply not. It’s an insulting misunderstanding of a mental health issue she doesn’t have - most people are able to change their diet and become more active without any issue.

Anyway. I’m just annoyed because her infertility is both severe yet very manageable if she was motivated to improve it, but she’s talking about it as if it’s a big mystery she’s passively waiting to be solved. At this point I’m pretty sure she’s just hanging out until she qualifies for NHS fertility support.

But if she wanted it to desperately, she could just pay - an IUI would be cheap(ish) and almost definitely successful if PCOS is her only barrier. It’s basically chemically induced ovulation, followed by insemination directly into the uterus. Would be under a couple of thousand and she could be pregnant before August. I don’t get her at all.

I feel very similarly. My cycle is around 43-45 days, and I've been slowly regulating it through diet, exercise, etc., and it's NOT EASY. I've learned a LOT about this because my partner and I are interested in having a baby in the semi-distant future, and we've had to take fertility and hormonal health into our own hands because we could NEVER afford any of the healthcare options (we live in the USA lol).
I think it's frustrating to see someone in a position where she could very, very easily help herself if she put the effort into it because she has the time (god, does she have the time!!!), money, resources, etc., especially as someone who doesn't have any of that and has had to do all of this around working lots of jobs, not having much money, etc.!

 

[replace32titles]

How much time has she got to kill that she's organising her books on her shelves in four different ways even when she knows from the start that three of them are not the way she wants?

 

[Livelaughlove123456]

For someone that very clearly doesn’t find motherhood fulfilling in any way it’s shocking that she is trying for a second. Does she think it’ll change anything?

 

[Jam-sandwich]

Comparing ham sandwiches?! Is she actually taking the piss now?

 

[replace32titles]

I'm spotting two things: first, that she's gone from two videos & a podcast each week down to one low-effort video a week but seems to be acting like she's still got the full-time schedule.

Second, does it really take six hours a week to make these videos? She's not even doing the editing, she's just writing down some ideas and filming videos that generally average out at 20-45 minutes.

These sort of thing always makes me want to start a YouTube channel because I can absolutely fit (less than!) six hours around a full time job and evening commitments if I just take out some TV & scrolling time.

 

[friendlyfire]

I think the coaching was just a stop gap whilst she planned to get pregnant and the new baby meant she didn't have to worry about working . Its clear in her latest video that she's struggling and I feel for her , but it sounds like she just needs a project management role at a big company and that'll solve her feeling stuck .

 

[ginamarcella]

Less than three minutes into "are five year plans pointless?" and she's said, in her best girlboss-actually-doing-something voice "Business blazer on!" four fucking times. A year ago, I'd have said Hannah's one of the hardest-working YouTubers out there (it's a low bar) but now she's scraping the barrel for content and she's not the high-powered woman of business she thinks she is just because she's wearing an Eras costume on camera.

I noticed that too. Makes her seem like she's cosplaying being a business woman.

 

[Fuzzyslippers22]

He looks like an even less healthy Steve Buscemi. So lank and rheumy, like a Dickensian vagrant.

TBF to Dan, he's a manager at a tech company known for overworking their staff + Rowan still doesn't sleep through the night + Hannah wants another child. He probably doesn't have enough time or energy to also take care of himself

 

[Livelaughlove123456]

She’s just posted a video on Instagram in her underwear (for no reason)… weirdo

 

[Lola123]

I think it's the cognitive dissonance from having done sex-positive, feminist content for a decade and then suddenly abandoning that part of her life to be a wife and mother. Nothing wrong with that and you can still be a feminist and politically conscious in those roles as well but she seems torn between that side of herself and her new role in the family.

The thing is motherhood is necessarily unequal. As the mother, at least in a hetero relationship, you will be doing more work physically and emotionally just from the fact that you carried and birthed a human that is dependent on you for pure survival. A good partner will support you and make your life easier, but it will never be 50-50 again.

I don't know how Dan's thoughts, but I would be feeling a bit weird if my partner was online blasting our relationship dynamic and looking resentful that I earn or work more, especially since it is for the whole family in the end.

She also ended up doing more from the start as she just breast fed, I don’t think she expressed either so that’s how she then ended up sleeping in Rowan’s bed with him etc as she didn’t want to give up the boob!
so what is Dan supposed to do?
she seems to just be paying lip service to a non problem! Like if you are unhappy with the roles Hannah, do something about it, if not, just say that’s your family dynamic… nothing wrong with it, especially given she works barely any hours!

 

[Lola123]

I’m very surprised she’s monetising her IVF! I mean I’m not but I am!

 

[Jam-sandwich]

Just noticed she’s changed the name of the More Hannah channel to Hannah Witton! And the OG channel is now called ‘Hannah (sex & relationships education)’

 

[mindlessness]

It's that day again! For the first time, we have an actual paid Patreon number so I've updated the previous years' numbers based on an estimate of 21% of Patreons actually giving her money. Max has gone up to £20 a month this year when it was previously £8.50, which is why the range is so much bigger. I suspect most people are on the lower end.

24-25 £98,250 - £655,000 depending on how much they're paying on Patreon
23-24 £91,882 - £260,333
22-23 £31,888 - £90,349.56
21-22 £29,089 - £82,420

So not quite as massively dramatic as I've been estimating for the last few years but still not bad for someone whose job is mostly just reading and talking about how productive they are.

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Thank you for doing the calculations!

Ugh. It's just...disappointing. So much money for...not much?
Although, imagine how much more she might make if she put a bit more effort it!

 

[sheleg]

I could do without knowing the inner workings of her vadge, to be perfectly honest!

 

[Liptastic]

Agreed, I’m very happy for her on this. I didn’t realise quite how tough the whole IVF process was until watching her videos.

Her journey is also very mild. It's much more brutal when it's medicated and after multiple losses or failed attempts

 

[cheesemonger]

I’m a country girl so maybe a bit biased but I don’t get why they don’t move further out of London or back near family. I’m sure they aren’t living London life to the max as it is.

 

[cazzaaa]

I have just read through the recent comments on the previous thread and have found it so interesting. You have all got it spot on that the feminism facade has shrank anyway. Her identity is so unstable tbh