‘I HAD ENDLESS ENERGY AND WAS UNFAZED BY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS’
Lynsey Bleakley, 46, runs an award-winning bakehouse near Bangor, County Down.
From the moment I discovered I was pregnant with Yazmin, I was thrilled. She was very much planned and very much wanted. I was married at 21, had a job in a bank, and that desire to be a mother was a huge part of my identity.
Yazmin was a contented baby and I took to motherhood with ease. Being younger when I had her, I think I went with the flow more, as I had no established routine of life yet. I just took things as they came. Having a baby is a huge adjustment, but such a joy as well.
‘Being younger, I just took things as they came’
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