Esther McCarthy: 'I spend hours dropping kids to sports — but have no time for my yoga class'

'I want to be able to play basketball with my boys for more than ten minutes without having a Youtube video paused on my phone so they’ll know how to resuscitate me'

Esther McCarthy. Picture: Emily Quinn

I am now fatter than I’ve ever been.

I won’t say bigger because on baby number two I was immense. I couldn’t go near a beach in case someone tried to harpoon me. My three-year-old and I used to watch Dora while we were waiting for this next kid to finish up with the business of the womb. “She couldn’t explore me,” I’d tell him sadly and I’d hoist myself up with a special stick.