A month after birthing her baby child, BBC Breakfast personality Nina Warhurst has provided a genuine (and cute) glimpse into parenting.
Nina, 42, announced the name of her baby, Nance, in a series of adorable photos, and detailed her ‘difficult’ delivery and ‘long’ recuperation.
She wrote: ‘4 snaplets of me and my Nance from each of the 4 weeks we’ve watched her slowly waking up to this world.
‘We’ve lost all sense of time as we’ve been feeding and snoozing and gazing and toe-stroking and head-smelling and marvelling at the absolute wonder of it all.
‘It’s been *haaaard* tho! A harder pregnancy. A tougher delivery and a longer recovery… maybe it’s being older… but also I’d somehow forgotten.’
Nina went on: ‘I’d forgotten the anxiety of labour moving from the plan.
‘I’d forgotten the swollen scars, bleeding breasts, mastitis fever, hormonal crashes, clots, constipation, codeine withdrawal, exhaustion…. And this time the added funk of a nose bleed (y tho?!)
‘But part of getting older is getting better aquatinted with your limits and letting go.
‘I’m better at stopping and saying no to visitors and yes to a messy house and yes to asking for help. (A turning point was full snot crying down the phone to the GP – resulting in a glorious prescription of kind words, antibiotics, painkillers and a follow up call about how I was coping ❤️).’
Nina concluded: ‘We are on the right track – for now – and enjoying life in the slow lane… usually with Australian MAFs & Italian red drinks… what a combo.
‘Women and their bodies (parents or not) are complex and resilient that it fills me with immense pride. I can’t wait to tell you all about it my sweet girl.’
Her candid insight into motherhood was praised by followers, with one writing: ‘Loving the realness of how it is. I work in maternity and our patients quite often say to me woah the books don’t tell you all this.’
Another said: ‘You are fantastic, honest and refreshing to see and read!!! Thank you.’
Nina is also the mother of two sons, Digby and Michael, and keeps her private life with husband Ted discreet.
Sally Nugent announced Nina had given birth earlier this month on BBC Breakfast, writing: ‘Some very, very happy news to share now about our colleague Nina Warhurst, who we said goodbye to not very many days ago as she went off on maternity leave.
‘She has welcomed a very healthy, beautiful baby girl.’
BBC Breakfast airs weekdays from 6am on BBC One.
