Jesinta Franklin reflects on her pregnancy after announcing she’s expecting her third child with AFL star husband Buddy Franklin | Exclusive interview

EXCLUSIVE: Aussie model Jesinta Franklin and her AFL star husband Lance “Buddy” Franklin announced the exciting news yesterday that they’re expecting their third child.

Now, Jesinta, 33, a Your Reformer ambassador, has candidly spoken to 9honey about her pregnancy, motherhood, and Buddy’s reaction to the sweet news.

Saying this pregnancy was “unplanned,” she says with a laugh, “We thought we were two and done. But he’s very excited and he would have way more kids if I let him!”

Watch the video above.

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Jesinta also confirmed she and the former Sydney Swans star, 38, are waiting until the baby’s arrival in late December to find out the gender.

The pair, who have been married since 2016 after tying the knot in the NSW Blue Mountains, are already proud parents to daughter Tullulah, five, and son Rocky, four.

“It’s a beautiful surprise, and life has a funny way of working out,” Jesinta says.

“The kids are so excited, and I’m looking forward to seeing them as big brothers and sisters and this one is a surprise, we don’t know the gender, we’ll wait until the end.”

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Jesinta also reflected on motherhood and the best part about being a mum.

“The love I feel when I’m around my kids, it’s just insane and watching them grow up is such a privilege,” she said.

“But I think my favourite thing is the morning time and nighttime cuddles when they snuggle in and kiss you and say, ‘Mumma, I love you.'”

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Of her children’s reaction to the pregnancy news, she said they’re so excited that they talk to their sibling in her belly.

“Now with the baby on the way, they give me a kiss goodnight and they always ask to kiss the baby, so they give my belly a kiss. They talk to the baby.

“It’s a really nice time at the moment. It’s adorable!”

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Jesinta is a Your Reformer ambassador and spoke about her approach to health and wellness – and her love of Pilates.

“It’s an amazing way to build your strength and cardio fitness as well, I love the variety,” Jesinta says.

Her comments were in light of a research partnership with the brand and the agency SOON and their findings about fitness and exercise trends.

Reformer Pilates at home is said to be becoming increasingly popular and 56 per cent of people who did the survey are looking for adaptive fitness programs tailored to their needs and individual fitness and ability levels.

A total of 60 per cent are focusing on health and wellness this year over anything else, such as their career.

“There’s a real shift in how people are approaching their wellness and there’s that holistic perspective, and that’s how I’ve always tried to approach it,” Jesinta says.

“It’s about the benefits it has for your overall wellness. My mental health is always at its best when I’m exercising and carving out that time for myself.

“I see movement as medicine and its meditation too, in some ways, it’s mindfulness and all of those things.”

“It’s nice you can do a reformer workout in your own home… I enjoy it and my mum uses mine as well!” she says of the reformer machine she has at home.

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Finding time to workout can be hard as a mum amid the juggle of life and work, but Jesinta says Your Reformer it has taken the hassle out of exercising.

“Now you can put the kids down and go, ‘You know what? I’ve got 20 minutes left in me, I’m just going to do a power workout…’ I can do it [at home] in my pyjamas!”

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