Hello and welcome to Birth Stories with me Klemi Hooper, created by Offscript.

I actually didn't necessarily feel ready myself to want to go through that pregnancy process again,

but my eldest was two and a half and I wanted it like a roughly a three and a half year age gap,

so that was kind of the biggest driver.

He could really understand the concept of a baby growing and he had brought home from

nursery these watermelon seeds and we planted them in the

garden and I used that analogy with the baby and I said oh you know so I've got baby we need

to feed it and water it and so he would then bring me things to be like,

look, mama, you know, you need to feed and water the baby.

I'm just fascinated with what the human body can do.

I'd look at myself changing and see and feel this baby inside me and it would just be,

it was just the coolest thing, you just can't explain it.

Hello, I'm Klemi Hooper and welcome to Birth Stories, a podcast where I talk to amazing women

about the fascinating and unique ways they have their babies.

Just a quick note, we'll be talking about childbirth in a lot of details,

so you may not want to listen to this podcast around young children.

Today's guest is pre-imposed-natal fitness expert and founder of Strong Like Mum,

Mother of two Shakira Acabousi.

Thank you so much for coming in.

Thank you for having me.

Oh, it's so lovely to see you again.

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