Janette Manrara on returning to work after giving birth
Strictly Come Dancing contestant Sara Davies issued some important advice to Janette Marara when she returned to work on spin-off show It Takes Two just a few months after giving birth to her first child, Lyra, with husband Aljaz Skorjanec.
The Dragons’ Den star, 39, became firm friends with Janette after performing with Aljaz in the 2021 series of Strictly.
Sara also knows exactly how it feels to be a working mother after simultaneously running her Crafter’s Companion business and raising her two boys with husband Simon.
She told Express.co.uk: “Janette started doing a couple of days back at work for It Takes Two and Morning Live and from one working mam to another, I was watching her Instagram Story and I could see she was really struggling.
“It’s the excitement of the first morning of being away from home and being away from the baby and you get the feeling that you’ve got your life back a little bit, a bit of the old you. Then a few hours later it will creep in, the guilt of not being there and spreading yourself too thin trying to be in two places at once.
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“So, I gave her a right good telling about there’s no place for mum guilt. It’s brilliant that she’s going to be a working mam and she’s going to be a fantastic mother and have a wonderful career.”
Sara gushed that Janette and Aljaz are “fabulous parents” and that Janette “shouldn’t be feeling bad” about not being there.
She continued: “You see loads of modern families these days, it’s not just about the woman being home 24/7. They split the parental duties and [Janette has] got to really lean into that and embrace it. The baby is being so well looked after, whether it’s by the mam or the dad, so just go and enjoy doing some work and being the old Janette.”
Reflecting on welcoming her own children in 2016 and 2019, Sara aimed to take some time off, but this was scuppered by her hectic work schedule.
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The Crafting Queen said: “With my first one I tried to have a couple of months off before I went back but inevitably, I ended up doing the odd few days a week.
“With my second one, I was in hospital for 10 days because I had a few complications and I remember one of my staff actually having to come into the hospital for meetings. The world kind of couldn’t stop just because I was having a baby.”
It comes as Sara is celebrating the release of her new book, Craft Your Year with Sara Davies: The Crafting Bible.
The guide includes more than 70 ideas, tips and tricks as well as easy-to-digest instructions to help you make everything need throughout the year, from Valentine’s Day to Halloween, Christmas and summer.
You can find out more here.
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