On this episode of Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda, Ashley is holding it down without Kila — feel better, Kila! — and she's joined by her longtime friend Kay McNabb for a heartfelt, powerful conversation you do not want to miss.

Ashley and Kay have known each other since grade school in Centerville, TN, and this episode goes way beyond catching up. Kay shares her deeply personal story of walking through infertility, pregnancy loss, PCOS, ectopic pregnancies, fertility treatments, and finally becoming a mom after years of heartbreak and uncertainty.

In this episode, they talk about:

• 💛 Growing up together in a small town and reconnecting later in life

• ⚠️ Kay's infertility journey, including PCOS and multiple pregnancy losses

• 🏥 The devastating reality of ectopic pregnancies and losing a fallopian tube

• 📉 Being told she had only a 3% chance of getting pregnant naturally

• 💸 The emotional and financial weight of considering IVF and fertility treatment

• 🍼 The miracle of finally getting pregnant with her son Jack after nearly 10 years of marriage

• 😭 What it felt like to hear a baby cry in the hospital and realize, "this is really happening for us"

Ashley and Kay also get real about the mental side of infertility — the fear, the waiting, the grief, and the strange feeling of not fully believing it until the baby is finally in your arms.

This episode is full of:

• real friendship

• real faith

• real heartbreak

• and real hope

If you or someone you love has walked through infertility, pregnancy loss, or a long journey to motherhood, this conversation will hit home in a powerful way.

🎧 Listen now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major podcast platforms.

Be sure to subscribe, rate, and share this one with someone who may need a little hope today.

This week on Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda, Ashley and Kila are bringing the laughs, the real talk, and a brand new segment that is already giving iconic energy: HOOD THERAPIST. 💥

In this new segment, the ladies take on questions from fans, messy situations from the internet, and real-life relationship, family, and life drama — then give their own hilarious, unfiltered, and surprisingly solid advice based on real experience. It's funny, it's honest, and it's exactly the kind of chaos you'd expect from these two.

Got a question? Need advice? Got a wild story?

📩 Email: barbarajeanandwanda@gmail.com

📲 Or DM Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda on any of their social platforms to be featured in a future Hood Therapist segment.

Also in this episode:

• 🐣 Ashley and Kila catch up on life and all the usual shenanigans

• 🌷 They talk about Easter traditions now versus the way things were when they were growing up

• 📖 Ashley shares a special excerpt from her new book, and y'all… this book is shaping up to be something really special

This episode is funny, heartfelt, nostalgic, and full of the kind of real-life wisdom only Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda can deliver.

If you love:

• funny women-led podcasts

• real advice with real-life experience

• Southern storytelling

• family memories and holiday traditions

• raw, hilarious conversations

…then this is the episode for you.

🎧 Listen now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major podcast platforms.

Be sure to subscribe, rate, share, and send in your stories for the next round of Hood Therapist.

We're back, y'all — and we didn't waste any time. Ashley and Kayla are fresh off a night at the Ryman catching Danae Hayes' stand-up show (meet and greet included), and they have thoughts.

From tin can phones for kids to Cassie's chaotic going-away party where the whole family finally ended up in the same room, this episode is everything you didn't know you needed.

The girls dive deep into Hollywood conspiracy theories — skin suits, 450-year-old actors, Cat Williams, and why wearing a dress on TV means more than you think. Plus: the Taylor Paul/Bachelorette drama, the Duggar mess, Nashville Electric getting vandalized after the storm, and how social media is giving real talent a shot without owing anyone anything.

Oh, and maybe it's fluoxetine. Maybe it's Maybelline.

Either way, we love y'all.

See you next week.