Issy Kerr is a mother of two young children and is expecting her third baby at St John of God Bendigo Hospital due in late 2018. She is a Bendigo business owner and avid blogger. She is sharing her pregnancy story to give other Bendigo mothers an insight into her maternity journey.

Issy says her inspiration to share her story stems from her experience as a new mother: "When I had my first (crazy) baby, I really struggled to adjust to parenthood. It didn’t help that I was up all hours of the night with a non-sleeper trawling through social media. It wasn’t until my second baby came along (not as crazy, but also a non sleeper) that the idea of trying to change this social perception of parenting came to me. Chatting to other parents confirmed that my crazy experiences were in fact, pretty normal. Flash to 2016 when my brain was working well enough to start putting ideas together (thanks sleep school)….and Seriously Milestones was born. Seriously Milestones is about telling the truth - that having kids isn’t all coffee dates and gummy smiles. The cards embrace the desire for parents to capture and share more of the ‘real’ parenting moments"