Love at first sight is how many new mums would describe the moment they laid eyes on their babies, especially if the birth follows fertility struggles and pregnancy issues. But when Anna Reeve and her radio star husband Jay welcomed twin boys Hunter and Oscar, the influencer struggled with being a mother to the “mini-Jays”, who now light up her world.
“Everyone tells you you’ll see your babies and fall in love straightaway, but they felt like little strangers,” says Anna, who’s competing in Three’s new reality series The Traitors NZ. “I felt like a monster because I didn’t feel a connection and I couldn’t tell anyone because it’s like, ‘How can you not love your kids immediately?’ I just had to get to know them.”
Anna, 37, has since met many mums who had similar experiences and feels it’s important to