Solo mum goes on backpacking trip while pregnant!

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Credit: SWNS / Birdie Wood  Meet the solo parent who backpacked around the world with her two kids - while pregnant.  Birdie Wood, 30, sold all her belongings and set off on an epic seven-month trip with her two daughters - Fifer, six, and Mavie, four - in February 2024.  The family travelled to Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Morocco, Indonesia and Egypt - spending around a month in each country.  In April, while in Morocco, Birdie discovered she was pregnant after a brief relationship with a friend.  She continued to backpack with her two daughters and returned to the US in August after completing the seven-month trip.

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00:00After nearly 24 hours and airports were officially living abroad, I'm already a single mom of

00:16two little girls who owned a 10 acre farm and decided to give it all up to move abroad

00:21while homeschooling two little girls and running my own business.

00:26And the day before we were leaving, once I had all the paperwork finished and the bags

00:29packed, I definitely bawled my eyes out.

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