New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Oh, baby it’s been tough MY DAUGHTERS ARE ALL FIGHTERS

‘All those years, you think you’ve processed the grief, but it comes back’

As little Kenzie McLeod sleeps contentedly in her big sister Eva’s arms, she’s blissfully unaware of the joy – and the drama – her first week of life has brought her smitten family.

Usually open to documenting their highs and lows on social media, mum Tiff, 38, couldn’t bring herself to share about Kenzie’s dramatic delivery earlier this month for fear of what other people might think.

Her eldest daughter Mela, 15, had recently suffered a serious back injury and Eva, who had almost died when she was born 13 years ago, was also sick.

“So,” explains Tiff, “it felt like we had this constant run of

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