Mamas & Papas! MEGAN'S FAMILY JOY
New Zealand Woman's Weekly|April 14, 2023
The radio star and hubby Andrew have Hit the jackpot with baby Aiya
Fleur Guthrie
Mamas & Papas! MEGAN'S FAMILY JOY

The day before her son's first birthday party, popular radio personality Megan Papas had a strong inkling she might be pregnant again. But after struggling through two years of fertility issues to finally conceive Bastian, The Hits' weekday host questioned whether it could be this easy.

Nevertheless, she decided to take a pregnancy test while musician husband Andrew was out picking up her parents from the airport. Two blue lines quickly appeared on the stick, confirming her suspicions.

"I remember walking around the house vacuuming, just going, 'Oh, my God!' over and over," recalls the 38-year-old. "Then I had to go to work knowing this crazy secret. I was wondering how I was going to have a special moment telling Andrew when everyone was staying with us for the party.

"The next day, while the others were all busy blowing up balloons, I quietly said to him, 'Let's go into the bedroom and film a cool video message for Bastian that he can look back on.' Andrew was like, 'Do we have to do it now?' But he did it anyway.

"At the end of the video message, I said, 'And soon you're going to be the best big brother ever!"

At first, Andrew, 29, was confused, then "genuinely shocked". They decided to tell family several weeks later at Easter, via a cryptic treasure hunt that ended with a hot cross bun in the oven.

"My niece and nephew were disappointed, saying, 'Oh, it's just a bun!" tells Andrew. "But my sister screamed, There's a bun in the oven!"

The bubbly couple laugh at the memory, while talking with the Weekly from their living room at home in Auckland.

It's lunchtime on a Saturday and gorgeous toddler Bastian (aka "Wreck-it Ralph") is taking advantage of his parents being interviewed to open the freezer and show our photographer where the berry yoghurt ice blocks are kept.

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