20/10/2026
“You’re a cool mum.” 🥹❤️
Send this to a mum who needs reminding just how cool she is. 🫶🏼
I became a mum at 25, but my journey to motherhood wasn’t exactly straightforward.
After surviving ovarian cancer at 17, I was told at 24 that I was already perimenopausal and likely had around a year left before menopause.
My doctor strongly encouraged IVF and told me the chances of falling pregnant naturally were very slim.
But somehow, against the odds, I went on to have two beautiful boys naturally. Two little miracles I’ll never take for granted. ❤️
I remember being a young mum with a full tattoo sleeve at a time when it wasn’t all that common. And for a little while, I felt like I didn’t quite fit the mould of what a mum was supposed to look like.
I worried about what other mums thought of me. Whether they judged me before they even knew me.
But that didn’t last long.
I realised pretty quickly that I didn’t need to fit anyone else’s idea of motherhood. I just needed to be myself.
And I’m so glad I never changed who I was to make other people comfortable.
Because becoming a mum doesn’t mean losing the person you were before. You can be a mum AND still be your own person. You can chase your dreams, play sport, have tattoos, be a little different, make mistakes, learn as you go and still be an incredible mum.
There is no one way to look like a good mum. And there’s certainly no one way to be one.
Some of us became mums young. Some waited years. Some fought battles nobody knows about just to get there. And we’re all figuring it out as we go.
I look back at that 25-year-old version of me and feel proud. Not because I had it all figured out, but because I stayed true to who I was while learning how to be someone’s mum.
So here’s your reminder…
You don’t have to be like the other mums to be a great mum.
Stay in your own lane. Be proud of your journey. Keep being YOU.
Because to your kids, you’re not just a mum.
You’re their mum. And that’s pretty bloody cool. ❤️
Tag a cool mum who deserves to hear this. 🫶🏼
