Para kay Lovi Poe, ang pagiging isang ina ang pinakamagandang pangyayari sa buhay niya.
Simula noong ipinanganak niya si Baby Sloane noong October last year, higit na tumaas ang paghanga at respeto niya sa mga tulad niyang ina.
Ekslusibong nakapanayam ng PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) si Lovi sa grand launch ng make-up tools niyang RSG: The Art Of You, nung October 24, 2026, sa EDSA Shangri-La Manila, Mandaluyong City.
"I cannot articulate it kasi it's the best feeling in the world, being a mother.
"It's just like ang daming instances talaga, it's like multi-tasking, trying to work and be here.
"Be a mom, be a wife, be an actress, be an enterpreneur, and dami kong dyina-juggle.
"But I'm just being grateful that with the right people around me, I'm able to do things, to do all these things."
Pero kung titingnan ang social-media feeds niya, parang ang perfect ng life ni Lovi.
Ang sabi niya nang nakangiti: "I don't wake up like this in the morning. Things have completely changed, but that's okay.
"Now I rarely have time for myself."
Kagaya rin daw siya ng maraming ina na nakararanas ng struggles.
"I'm just every mom and I have so much admiration for all moms and appreciation.
"Now I can really emphatize on a different level talaga."
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THE FIRST TIME LOVI POE MET HER BABY
Binalikang-tanaw ni Lovi yung moment na una niyang makita si Baby Sloane.
"So weird, it's the weirdest thing kasi parang instantly, yung instinct ko talaga, nag-kick in the first thing, and that naisip ko agad, 'Am I suppose to feed her?'
"Ang dami kong questions na lumalabas, suddenly bigla na lang siyang magbo-bloom sa akin out of nowhere.
"Yung na-feel ko talaga, I can't really explain the love that I have for my daughter, it's a whole different kind of love, and I'm just really blessed having given this life."
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HOW MOTHERHOOD CHANGED LOVI POE
Aminado ang aktres na maraming nabago sa buhay niya mula nang maging isa siyang ina. Isa na rito ay ang kanyang priorities.
"Ibang-iba yung perspective ko sa buhay, there were so many changes.
"Ngayon, hindi na lang ako ang iniintindi ko. I have this willingness to make sacrifices with my time and I'm very intentional...Just being intentional is the biggest thing now talaga."
Nang tanungin namin kung magiging active pa siya sa showbiz ngayong isang taon na ang kanyang baby girl, balik-trabaho pala agad si Lovi ilang buwan pa lang pagkatapos niyang manganak.
"Of course. Actually, the funny thing, during my postpartum, I shot a movie. I did Ignition with Maisie Williams. That one, four months post partum.
"I did TV series that I will probably announce soon. I also shot movies pa."
LOVI POE'S SUPPORTIVE HUSBAND
Sa pagdating ni Baby Sloane sa buhay nilang mag-asawa, lalong lumalim at tumatag ang pagsasama nila ni Monty Blencowe.
"Love deepen? Oh yeah. And there's deeper understanding and respect towards each other.
"So much pressure not just as a mom, being a dad as well.
"There are so many things I appreciate more about my husband because not also being a new dad, there are so many changes."
Kapansin-pansin na parang di nanganak si Lovi.
Ayon sa Kapamilya actress, malaking tulong dito ang pagkakaroon ng isang maunawain, supportive, at mapagmahal na asawa.
Mayroon daw siyang reliable support system.
"You know I'm very lucky it's part of my job. I have people who take good care of me in terms of being glammed up today, but this is not what you see on daily basis.
"When I get so much praises about how I am now, how I look, it takes a village especially now because I am super hands-on as a mom.
"I tried my best to take care of myself, give myself sometime, and I think that's one thing I' would like to ask everybody."
Ang pagkakaroon ng "me time" ay hindi isang choice para sa lahat. Kailangan daw nito ang kooperasyon ng asawa at mga kasama sa bahay.
Ang pag-engganyo niya: "Help your mothers, help your wives, most especially if they become a mother, to be able to make them feel like themselves.
"Those little things, give them some space, some time to replenish their souls. It's so important.
"I'm just lucky enough to have a husband who helps me with all these things."