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Jen Clarke, Middlewich (2026)

08/02/2026

My babies first time at Chester Zoo!🦒🐘🦓
He stayed awake for 4 hours so I think he had a good time🥺 Although he was most mesmerised by the giraffes!😍
📍Chester Zoo, Chester

06/02/2026

I didn’t think we’d ever get here & I’m still scared to believe it but we think we’ve found the right formula/medication for Albie’s reflux & CMPA🙏🏻
It’s been a long road of almost giving up hope that he’d ever get better. He’s on Neocate now & he’s a different baby! He still has reflux (& is treated with omeprazole & carabel) but the sickness has significantly reduced. I questioned if it was CMPA as when we tried Aptamil Pepti 1, he was still so sick. But I didn’t understand that this formula was hydrolysed & still contained milk. His formula now is for severe cases of CMPA, whereas Pepti 1 was for mild-moderate cases.
I’m so glad we pushed with the paediatrician try Albie on the next stage of formula, as reluctant as I was to change again. I’d got so used to living with the constant vomiting, so did Albie & it became our norm.
It sounds stupid but the relief of being able to take his bib off for a little bit & not worry. To lie him down & not expect puke all down his back & in his hair🥺 Going out feels easier. Never because he was difficult but I found it so hard to deal with the constant puddles of sick on the floor, on me, all over him.
I feel so guilty that he’s had to go through this for months on end even though I know we tried our best for him. And yet he still was the happiest baby. I just hope he feels the benefits of not being sick so much anymore!🥰
Laryngomalacia is still in the mix of all this but we’re taking that each day as it comes🙏🏻

31/01/2026

6 Months Postpartum Update⬇️ (You can hardly call it Postpartum at this stage but there was a me before birth & a me after birth & I see them as 2 completely different versions!)
🤎 I returned to the gym 5 weeks post birth (post C-Section) but I’d exercised right up until my due date. You don’t have to jump back into the gym. I went for my mental health. Becoming a Mum was harder than I’d ever imagined. I didn’t feel like me most days. The only thing I had to feel like me, was the gym. It was my safe space & a way for me to show up as a better Mum. It was never about weight loss.
🤎 I went to gym classes consistently a couple of times a week from 5 weeks postpartum. I know that’s not realistic for a lot of Mum’s.
🤎 I put no pressure on myself to “lose weight” or “diet”. Some days, I was so focused on Albie, I’d forget to eat until 3pm or I’d eat the most convenient food cos I was overwhelmed with the weight of motherhood.
🤎 We still prioritised healthy teas with lots of protein & carried on our orders of meat.
🤎 I never said no to snacks at the end of a hard day cos sometimes, I just needed it.
🤎 I took pressure off. I thought I’d be doing home workouts with a sleeping newborn. Just no. When Albie slept, we had snuggles in the early days or I sterilised bottles, cleaned dishes, did never-ending laundry, tried to get a shower & get dressed. It was intense & adding pressure to workout would have been way too much.
🤎 I’m 6 months postpartum now & although I’ve been back at the gym for a while, it was never fitness focused. It was for my mind. But, I finally feel fitter & I have the headspace to set realistic goals & make more conscious food choices. It’s taken half a year to get here.

26/12/2025

2025 was the start of many special Christmas’ to come🫶🏼
I never wanted the day to end🥹 I’m such an emotional wreck thinking about how he’ll never be this small again but I keep reminding myself that the magic’s only just begun✨
I knew my first Christmas as a Mummy would be the best yet but I didn’t know just how much my heart had dreamt of this moment & I had to pinch myself that I’ve got myself the most gorgeous family to spend Christmas Day with & that we have a beautiful family who love our little boy as much as we do🤍

22/11/2025

We achieved the sub 30 5K time a month earlier than I had planned & not only did I do it, but I beat my last post-partum PB by 3 minutes & 22 seconds!🏆
It goes to show that the mind can hold us back more than the body. Today, I was determined to beat my 6min/km pace & somehow, I really did! But, for me, it’s not about the time. It’s about getting out & doing it. Even doing only one run a week, makes me proud that I haven’t given up just because I could.
I feel like fitness as a Mum is a whole new sense of achievment!🙏🏼

16/11/2025

My first & second 5k times since giving birth🤰🏻🏃🏻‍♀️
I was surprised at how hard it was to run again, nevermind the fact I’d never not had a sub 30 minute 5k time so I felt disheartened. But then my second 5k improving by a whole minute made me forgot about the silly thoughts of not being quick enough!
Not only were these my first 5k’s since having a baby, but my first since having major surgery & my first 5k’s in a whole year because as active as I was throughout pregnancy, I couldn’t run due to round ligament pain.
So enough of comparing myself to the Jen before pregnancy & before my baby because that Jen could train whenever she wanted. This is me now, still getting fitter & faster, with a nearly 16-week old baby, a body that’s still healing from surgery & a whole new lifestyle which means I can’t just train whenever I want.
So I’m proud of me & need to give myself more credit💪🏼

26/10/2025

To say this post-partum journey’s been easy would be a lie. But this’ the sacrifice of Mum life & I’m okay with it. There’s plenty of time to find myself again with fitness🙌🏼
I don’t have any goals right now & I haven’t had any since Albie was born. Finding time to exercise with a baby is tough enough without pressuring myself to lose “x” amount of weight on top of it.
I returned to the gym 5 weeks post-partum & do double HIIT class 2-3 times a week most weeks. I’m extremely fortunate to be able to make time for me with a new baby, as we have a supportive family who we trust 100% & who love bonding with their baby Grandson/Nephew!🙏🏼
I don’t have any aesthetic goals right now as I exercise for my mental health. One day; I’ll become a little more disciplined again, but for now…Exercise is my way to be the best Mum I can be, by allowing myself time to do what I love & not lose who I was before having my baby🤍

22/10/2025

Happy 12 weeks to our little boy🫶🏼🧸🤎
Albie, you are the most beautiful little soul. You brighten up the darkest days. I don’t know what I did to deserve the most happiest, content, loving & smiley baby boy! You complete us✨
I’m so grateful that I get to be your Mummy. You truly are so special. I wake up everyday & still can’t believe you’re our son!🥹 Just over a week until you reach your official 3 month old milestone & I’m not sure I’m ready for my tiny baby boy to grow up so fast😢

11/10/2025

The cutest little pumpkin I ever did see🎃🥹
A little preview of the beautiful Autumnal shoot for Albie with 📸
Albie had just woken up from a nap when we arrived so he wasn’t the happiest initially, but Becca got him settled right in & even captured that cheeky smile!🙊 There was chance for a nappy change midway through with no stress or rush! Overall, it was an amazing experience & Becca has created the most perfect snapshots of our little boy for us to cherish forever!✨
If you’re debating a newborn/baby shoot, I’d say do it! You won’t regret having those beautiful frozen moments in time to look back on when your baby is all grown up!🥺
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10/10/2025

This time last year I’d just found out I was pregnant. I was excited & nervous. I’d browse at baby items, unable to believe that I’d be shopping for these soon & my dream was about to become reality. Or so I thought…
Then the unthinkable happened. One day I was bleeding. Then an ultrasound shown I was no longer pregnant. I suffered an early loss. There was never a scan photo, but the loss felt so painful.
Just over a month after our loss, I found out I was pregnant again. This time I didn’t feel joy, I felt numb. The loss was still raw. But honestly, even if it was 10 years later, I’d still have been reminded of the first loss. Pain like that never goes away.💔
My whole pregnancy, I had so much reassurance, plenty of scans & was under the EPU. I was prescribed a 10-week course of progesterone. But there was always that fear in the back of my mind. I never wanted to buy things & I was scared every single day. Because it had happened to me already, when I didn’t think it could.
My heart goes out to anyone who’s experienced this or is in the thick of it right now! You are stronger than you know & you are not alone!🤍

06/10/2025

My birth story didn’t go to plan… it’s a long one but swipe for details👉🏼 (A few have asked about the birth & I know some love to hear a birth story…I read a few when I was pregnant!🙈)
I was never one to overthink my birth plan. I knew I wanted a natural birth with as little to no pain relief as possible! But I wasn’t naive enough to believe things couldn’t change. I just didn’t realise they’d change so dramatically & due to complications!😔
I found birth traumatic. It took a while for me to come to terms with & I don’t know if I ever fully will. I didn’t enjoy the experience (apart from seeing & hearing my baby for the first time!🥺).
Despite an emergency C-Section & a terrifying labour, my midwife/student midwife & the doctors made my experience as beautiful & special as it could be. I can never thank them enough & ultimately, I’d do it again, 5x’s over, if it ensured Albie arrived safely into the world & he did & that’s all that’ll ever matter!!🫶🏼

21/09/2025

This first time mama went on her first date night out since having Albie & had her first alcoholic drinks since her 30th birthday party last year!😅🍹
Let’s talk mama guilt… I’ve left Albie with trusted family members a couple times now since he was around 4 weeks old & I l’ve always felt guilty for it but I know it helps him bond with his family, it helps me adjust to being apart from him & it benefits my relationship with James. I love my baby & I’d have him attached to my hip all day long but I know it wouldn’t do me or him any good. And me & James wouldn’t get time to just be us.
Time apart means I get to focus on myself or my relationship with James, so I can show up as a better Mum for Albie & we can be the best parents for him🫶🏼
It’s easy to feel like you’re judged no matter what you do as a Mum. But remember, no one can tell you what’s best for you or your baby except you.🩶

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