Pregnancy BUMP&baby issue 13

Juliette Perkins chats body changes, pregnancy emotions, and her hopes and dreams for her little one.

Kiwi model Juliette Perkins has had a stellar career working all over the globe – Australia, Paris, New York, London, Los Angeles – but the Nelson-born beauty has returned home with her partner, professional footballer Myer Bevan, for a very special reason – to welcome their first baby!

“Myer and I were living in South Africa earlier this year and we decided to try and conceive. I was fortunate to be able to become pregnant quickly and we were bothover the moon,” says Juliette. “I had taken a pregnancy test each week over the course of about five weeks. All were negative, until the one that wasn’t! Although I was excited to see two lines on the pregnancy test, it was still an initial shock; I told Myer, shaking and crying. There’s the trying-to-get-pregnant feeling, and then there’s the I’m-actually-pregnant feeling!”... READ MORE IN BUMP&baby MAGAZINE