Pregnant, Poolside, and Probably High on Fumes

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Welcome to the most accidentally themed episode of Talking Pools, where we started with “fuck it, we’ll do it live” and somehow ended up knee-deep in pregnancy, chlorine jugs, and naming babies after pool chemicals. Don’t ask how we got here — we don’t know either.

This week, Andrea & Paulette juggle barking dogs, clinking dishes, and a door-scratching pet apocalypse while announcing that yes, pool pros can, in fact, clean pools while pregnant — provided you’re fine with half-full chlorine jugs, pulling vacuums like a gladiator, and casually ignoring the fact that acid fumes on a cloudy day might actually kill you.

We celebrate Sarah “The Pool Girl”’s pregnancy announcement (congrats!), relive pregnancies past (spoiler: one host nearly died from not keeping water down, the other casually cleaned pools at 8 months pregnant like it was leg day), and brainstorm baby names that would make the industry proud:

• Chlorine, but make it Chloe.
• Brody (Bromine + DE powder, baby).
• Tab. Just… Tab.
• Calcium Chlorida, Esq.

Also inside this chaos casserole:

• Why customers think their leaky pool is your financial problem.
• The great vacation hack: tabs are good for something.
• Acid fumes on humid days — a.k.a. free chemical warfare training.
• Why pool pros naming their kids after chemicals is both a brilliant idea and a crime against humanity.

Basically, it’s part pregnancy support group, part pool school, part fever dream. Strap in.

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and maybe we’ll start a registry. First gift on the list? A hammerhead cart with a built-in car seat.

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