"...they say it takes a village to raise a baby and I truly believe whatever size your village comes in, it doesn't matter but it all helps makes the experience more pleasurable, for you." My name is Alana, I am a photographer for social media but most importantly I am a stay-at-home mother of three beautiful children aged 4, 2, and 4 months. My idea of leisure is a long uninterrupted bath, which doesn't often happen (the uninterrupted part haha) also just generally being anywhere near a water source relaxes me—the ocean, a pool, a lake, or any body of water really. When I think about it, it may have something to do with the fact I am a water...
Mother to Amelie and Aidan - Melbourne, Australia I have 2 kids; a 6 year old girl & a 3 year old boy. I work full-time (compressed over 4 days) at ANZ in HR but currently on Secondment in Change Management. When I was 22 years old, I learned that I have polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and that it may be difficult for me to conceive naturally. I got married at 29 and planned to address the PCOS to start trying to have kids in 2 years time. However, we were lucky to fall pregnant within our first year of marriage before actively trying (we had stopped actively preventing). Although before marriage we both wanted to have two kids, after the...
Mother to Kobe, Carter and Kaino - Melbourne, Australia I am a stay at home mama to 3 busy boys. My eldest is almost 15 and eats, sleeps and breathes basketball, alongside his 9yr old brother. So x6 times a week we are either at training or cheering them from the side line. My youngest is 20months and full of beans. We had our first son at the tender age of 18, and have been blessed to have our amazing families raise our boys alongside us. So having our 3rd baby during lockdowns has been hard. Its been 2+ years since I’ve seen my mum who I am incredibly close with and sadly she is yet to meet out baby. But...
Mother to Jamie and Maxime - Singapore I am a banker by trade, and a content creator on the side to fulfil the creative need in my life. I’m also a mother of two rambunctious one-year-old who have completed our lives! Pre-covid and pre-kids, I was an avid traveler but of course, our lives have all changed now. These days I find joy intrinsically and domestically—in spending time with my little family, and also in making meals for them. I’m an avid cook and love discovering and sharing new recipes on my food account @gthatsdelicious. What was your favourite thing about the newborn phase? I loved nursing them. There was an inimitable, incomparable sense of intimacy, love and trust that...
Mother to Robert - Manchester, United Kingdom My name is Fiona; I am married to John and we have a beautiful 6 month old boy called Robert. We live in Manchester, United Kingdom. Robert has brought more joy than I thought ever possible! We are fortunate that his journey into this world was fairly straight forward and stress-free even though it was in the middle of a pandemic. I wanted to progress through labour at home for as long as possible, and was fully dilated by the time we got to hospital, which was a shock to the midwives! We did a hypnobirthing course during pregnancy and I'd like to think it was because of that why I was so calm...
