The author's experience of the global pandemic and a military coup with a newborn baby.

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On 1 Feb 2021, Milla, her husband Dylan and their newborn son, Jasper, awake to news of the Myanmar military coup and come to terms with the implications it has on their expat life in a country they love.

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Back in 2015, Milla decides to move from London to Yangon where she falls in love, not only with the country of Myanmar, but with her husband, Dylan.

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Milla travels around Myanmar as much as she can in her early time there, and understands why it is called a leapfrog nation, a frontier market and a bewitching travel destination. For her and Dylan, however, it is simply the place they call home.

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The arrival of COVID in 2020 changes their life in Yangon beyond recognition but for Milla and Dylan, the bigger news is that Milla is pregnant and realises that the pandemic leave her with little choice but to give birth in Myanmar.

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Jasper’s arrival does not go to plan and the new family spends their first night separated: with Milla and Jasper in two different hospitals and Dylan in a hotel close to Jasper’s NICU.

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Told as a lunch time anecdote to friends, Milla hears Dylan tell the full story of his and Jasper’s out-of-hours adventure to the childrens’ hospital.

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Milla is thrown in the deep end of motherhood: far from home and facing challenges with breastfeeding.

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