New Mom Shocks Family, Uses Maternity Leave To Travel World With 10-Week-Old Daughter.

As Karen Edwards, an avid traveler and nurse, considered her maternity leave, the thought of being stuck in her home changing diapers for 10 months didn’t sound so great. So she concocted a very unique plan. Instead of staying home, Karen and her partner Shaun Bayes decided to start their daughter Esme’s time on Earth with the adventure of a lifetime.

The trio put their house up for rent and left their lives behind for nearly a year with one backpack and a baby sling. Baby Esme lived her first years experiencing more sights and sounds than most people have over their entire lives! Their travels took them from Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan and even Hong Kong.

It’s been a wild ride so far.

1. Karen said, “I was thinking about maternity leave and decided I’d like to take [Esme] traveling.â€

A photo posted by Travel Mad Mum (@travelmadmum) on Jul 6, 2015 at 11:22pm PDT

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