Maxine Stokes' face lights up in pure joy as she gazes lovingly at beautiful little Zena Stokes Smith, who arrived just five days earlier, complete with a luscious head of dark hair and curious blue eyes.
"I was only in labour for one hour - eight big pushes. And it was a posterior birth!" she laughs.
NO LOOKING BACK
Max, 34, and her husband Karstan Smith, 36, are the teen sweethearts from Newcastle who got married on The Block: Glasshouse in front of other contestants Michael and Carlene Duffy, Chris and Jenna Susetio, Shannon and Simon Vos and Darren and Deanne Jolly.
But their time on what became known as one of the most controversial seasons of The Block, and their disappointment at taking home just $40,000, fades in comparison to their extraordinary adventures in the nine years since.
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