Jesinta Franklin

But now, with a refreshed approach to her health and wellbeing, the Sydney-based model, businesswoman and Swisse ambassador has “come right”. Here, she chats ...

If I had my time over – I probably couldn’t have done anything differently because it was just the situation – but I think surrendering to the fact that it’s OK that you can’t do it all [would have helped]. It’s OK that you’re going to have days when brushing your teeth and having a shower are going to be your biggest accomplishments. I couldn’t expect to try to get back to work and continue building my business, but also be at home 24/7 with my children with no support. Prior to joining the team, she was deputy editor of body+soul, Cleo and Dolly magazines. I like to feel capable. I always felt so guilty every time I left – even if it was to do the grocery shopping. That would mean that I would be putting them down at six o’clock and then I would be working till midnight. Whether that’s getting your in-laws to help – I can’t do that because my parents are in Queensland and [Buddy’s] are in WA – or whether it’s day care or asking someone to come around. Whatever help or support looks like to you, it’s really important to put that support network around you. I was going to the IVF clinic most mornings and getting blood work done or ultrasounds, and my arms were covered in bruises, so were my legs and my stomach. I think the assumption just is, you decide to have a baby and then you fall pregnant. I had gone through – three years prior to having my daughter – miscarriages and then IVF and then finally fell pregnant with her, and then when I had her, we went into lockdown. For some people, it is, but for a lot of people, it’s not the case.