Three's The Charm! Carly's Baby Surprise

Meet her adorable lucky last!

Broadcasting star Carly Flynn has always lived her life a mile a minute. Not long ago, she was working six days a week and training to be a yoga teacher, as well as being a hands-on mum to Tilly, six, and Jude, five.

But since welcoming her gorgeous little boy Freddie last month, the 39-year-old has allowed herself to drift into the slow lane – and she’s loving every minute of it.

“Right up until I gave birth, I was feeling quite daunted about having a third child,” she tells us as she settles on to the sofa to feed her newest bundle. “But from the minute he arrived, I felt a real sense of completeness. He’s really made us slow our lives down and a lovely calm seems to have descended in the house. It’s wonderful.”

It’s certainly a serene scene that greets Woman’s Day when we arrive at Carly’s beautiful home on Auckland’s North Shore. The big kids are at school and her cameraman husband Dave is heading off to work. Carly is thrilled to introduce us to her little man, who has the same dark hair and olive skin as his older brother and sister.

“There’s no doubt he’s a wee Flynn,” Carly smiles as she plants a kiss on Freddie’s head. It’s five weeks since her bonny boy arrived on his due date, after a false start a week earlier. “I farmed the kids out to friends and was about to dash off to hospital, then it all stopped!” she recalls.