"As a teenager, Oly Chalmers-Davis weathered her fair share of motherhood-related horrors. For a start, the high-achieving 16-year-old went into labour in the school toilets, having not even realised she was pregnant. Not long afterwards, she was forced to tell her boyfriend he wasn't the father the baby was the product of a fling with another classmate. Then, unable to entertain the prospect of her perfect grades slipping, she decided to juggle studying with looking after a newborn, all the while navigating mastitis,"
"After five series following Oly (Nathalie Morris) and Santi (Carlos Sanson Jr) as they struggled to adjust to parenthood, hit Australian comedy-drama Bump wrapped things up last December yet we were left on a cliffhanger. Recently married and with little Jacinda (Ava Cannon) well into primary school, the pair were preparing to welcome another child. Now the show is back for a feature-length festive special, picking up the story eight weeks after the birth of their son."
"When it came to baby number two, things should have been so much simpler. Unfortunately, Oly and Santi seem to be masochists. Instead of enjoying Christmas at home in Sydney, they opt to fly halfway around the world to Colombia (40 hours in transit, all in all), before embarking on a 10-day cruise. Did I mention they have a newborn baby?"
Oly Chalmers-Davis became pregnant at 16, went into labour at school, and juggled exams, newborn care, mastitis, class mockery and a turbulent relationship with Santi. After five series, Oly and Santi marry and raise daughter Jacinda while preparing for a second child; the previous finale ended on a cliffhanger. The new feature-length festive special resumes eight weeks after the birth of their son and follows the couple as they choose a complicated holiday: flying to Colombia and embarking on a 10-day cruise with a newborn. Family dynamics also involve Oly's parents, who previously provided childcare and experienced an affair.
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