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MUM’S THE WORD

Now I’m a mum,

I KNOW…

especially during the early days, when Sunday
was a newborn. Watching other couples
dealing with things as a team was
…HOW tough at times. But now she’s
MUCH I LOVE this little person, I don’t feel
BABIES alone at all. My experience
While I knew I always wanted of being a parent has only
to have children, I wasn’t overly ever been on my own so,
maternal from the offset. You get
some girls who, even at school, know while it can be a challenge,
they want to have kids – and I just wasn’t it’s also really rewarding,
one of them. I wanted to work and have because you get all the love.
a career. But when Sunday came along,
my whole life completely changed. …YOU’VE GOT TO GO
I love kids now and I want to have WITH THE FLOW
loads more. I’m definitely When Sunday has a tantrum,
feeling broody! I just go with it. Sometimes
I ignore her and let her face plant
the floor. Sometimes I’ll sit with her
ry to calm her down
THORPE emotions. But it’s
and work through
her feelings and

EMILY communicate and
just her trying to
I do feel like it’s
WORDS pure frustration;

he’s trying to
xplain, and she
FERNE ust can’t get there.
MCCANN IS A
PRESENTER, TV … I’M ALL ABOUT
PERSONALITY AND IMPLIFYING
MUM TO SUNDAY, MY LIFE NOW
ve been sharing
TWO
me life hacks with
alkTalk to make
e that little bit
mpler. One of my
ourite things is
…PREGNANCY IS THE ninja fold, which
PERFECT DISTRACTION nds really aggressive
I had such a lot going on in my personal it’s this really cool
life while I was pregnant, that it was a hnique that means
wonderful diversion. It was the light can fold up your
in the tunnel during a very difficult, …MY hes really quickly.
horrendous time. I wasn’t focusing on LABOUR WAS just lie your clothes
the little things; I was just going with INCREDIBLE
, pinch on the clothes
it. I know this sounds like I’m blowing When I was heavily pregnant, twice in a special place, spin and fold.
my own trumpet, but I just took it I went on a big hike through When you have children, there’s
in my stride, and I think that’s the Thorndon Country Park – I was hiking so much laundry, so it’s a great
type of parent I am, too. I’m quite up and down, having contractions every way to get it all done super-fast.
laid back about things. 20 minutes! I walked into Queen’s Hospital,
they popped my waters, and I had Sunday
…BEING A SINGLE two hours and 20 minutes later.
PARENT CAN BE HARD I had gas and air, but I wanted to feel ● Ferne McCann has teamed
The fact that I’m raising Sunday the pain. It sounds insane, but it was up with TalkTalk TV to share tips
on my own has been challenging something I couldn’t imagine, and on simplifying life. For more
at times. Sometimes you need an I wanted to experience it. Wow, information, head to talktalk.co.uk/
extra pair of hands to help you out, it was sore, but it was just shop/tv-and-broadband
so magical.
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