Previously admitting that she struggled for a long time to conceive, the 38-year-old is appropriately front page of the special Mother’s Day edition.
Talking to the magazine about motherhood, Martine said: “I have never been so in love, so content and so full of happiness in my life. This boy is the love of our lives and I think the fact this didn’t happen easily for us and we faced challenges along the way has made him even more precious.”
It certainly hasn’t been an easy journey for the first time mum as baby Rafferty was born with fluid in his lungs and spent two nights in a special unit before he was given the all clear.
Talking about those frightening first few days, the new mum said: “Basically, his lungs were filled with fluid, but we were told that it wasn’t anything to panic about and that he was being taken to the special care baby unit to be monitored."
“I was aching for that skin-on-skin contact and to hold my baby and bond with him. [But] when we went to see Rafferty in the incubator, he was already trying to lift his head and I thought, ‘you’re going to be just fine, little man'," she said.
Thankfully both mum and baby are doing great and we wish them all the best for the future.
