Sarah Murdoch talks her sons and the possibility of more babies?

Australian TV host, model, breast cancer spokesperson, and wife of Lachlan Murdoch (Rupert’s son), Sarah Murdoch spoke to In Style this month about her sons, the time she spent filling in for Jessica Rowe on the Today Show and the possibility of having more children.

Sarah said the hardest part about working on the Today Show was missing the mornings with her sons.

I’d be sitting on set thinking,’Oh, they’ll be waking up now and having their breakfast,’ and that felt weird. I didn’t really get to see Lachlan very much. He’d get home from work, we’d do the dinner, bath and bed routine, and rather than having our usual glass of wine I’d have to say, ‘No, I’ve got to go to bed.’

Sarah says that any future work commitments will have to fit around the time that she spends with her boys.

It’s the hours needed that’s important. I never thought that I’d be able to have children, so I don’t want to miss out on that now.

Sarah and Lachlan spent almost five years attempting to have children and suffered several miscarriages — Sarah’s underactive thyroid was discovered as the reason and once this was addressed, Kalan and Aidan followed quickly. This means that the time with them, Sarah feels, is all that more significant.

When you’ve been trying for that long, you just start to get your head around the fact that you may never have children. I did consider adopting, yes. I think Lachlan would have been okay with adoption, but I don’t think he was was at the same stage I was at. He was still thinking it would happen, while I was already thinking of looking at other options.

While pregnant with Kalan, Sarah met with labor pain management specialist Juju Sundin, who she went on to co-author Birth Skills with;

She taught me all about the pain of childbirth and how to arm myself to get through each contraction. I went in to have Kalan and not once was I scared. I went through 16 hours and, yes, it’s awful pain, but it’s not sick pain. You’re equipped to handle it. Lachlan was there, he did the last class with me and learned all about the techniques. So when we gave birth it was like we both did it, 50/50. We’d gone through this crying and laughing and screaming and lying down quietly together and at the end when this baby was born, it was just fantastic.

Lachlan is an amazing and fabulous father.

Lachlan is an amazing with the kids. He changes nappies, he does it all – he’s really good.

Sarah is constantly concerned about the effect that public interest is going to have on her children’s lives.

I really hope my boys can have normal lives here in Bronte. The only thing that bothers me is all these paparazzi photographers. I keep saying to myself one day it’s going to get boring – me at the park with the kids. How many times can they photograph it? (Shannon’s note: This comment surprises me, because I have never seen Aidan and only ever two photos of Kalan – the featured picture is the one released following Kalan’s birth).

More children?

It would be nice to have a girl.

Source: In Style, July issue, P. 23-28 via Aussie Bub Blog