Ah, Valentine’s Day. Did you remember? Did you plan for your beloved a secret special day, with hearts and flowers delivered at all hours and a romantic dinner at night?

Or, like some of us at Sarka London HQ, did you wake up after a broken night, curse the added pressure of a day clearly built for people with more time on their hands, and crack on with brushing dried breastmilk off a favourite sweater and nursing a child whose face you’re using as a sort of toast-catching plate for your own breakfast? Because NOTHING says romance like postnatal exhaustion and ‘bed head’ when the definition has all sexuality stripped away from it.

Well, take heart (sorry). Romance isn’t dead, it’s just on hold, replaced by an all-encompassing maternal love. Make time for yourself on Valentine’s Day - new motherhood discourse so rarely talks about the mother. If, of course, you made it through a crazy four hour sleeping stretch and want to rock out at a restaurant like love’s young dream, check out our evening Amelia breastfeeding dress with the Rosa mesh nursing top underneath. Or get the Boudicca buttery-soft joggers and top on, and Netflix and chill.

Sarka London HQ x