Twincredible!
Kate built a business while juggling FOUR children under eight — including year-old twins. But as we crown her our Mumpreneur of the Year, she lets slip she’s expecting AGAIN — and it’s TWINS
Kate Ball has coped with two shocks in the past few weeks. the first was winning the NatWest everywoman aphrodite award — otherwise known as the Daily Mail’s Mumpreneur award — for Mini First aid, her brilliant business that teaches people of all ages across Britain to save lives.
‘I didn’t dare hope I’d win,’ said 38-year-old Kate, who has four children under the age of eight, including oneyear-old twins — pictured right.
the second shock was that she was pregnant again — with twins!
this makes entrepreneur Kate not only incredibly brave, but also very rare. according to the Royal College of Midwives, the odds on having two consecutive sets of twins is 700,000-to-one.
‘Yes, it’s twins — it wasn’t planned and it was a big surprise, but of course we’re delighted,’ she says.
‘this time, we feel a little bit more cautious because we don’t know what other people’s reactions will be. I mean, six children!
‘But we’ve always wanted a big family and we’re thrilled. What we really need now is a stylish four-seater push-chair. Or a minibus.’
But how on earth will she do it? If raising an average-sized family while running your own business takes a special kind of dedication — and every one of our nominees for this year’s Mumpreneur award (which goes to a woman who founded her business while raising a child or children aged 12 or under) has their own tale of single-minded commitment to both enterprise and offspring — how much greater the challenge with six?
let’s be clear: by the time the new twins are born next June, Kate’s family will consist of seven-year-old alfie, five-yearold Grace, two toddling 18-month-olds, emily and Olivia, and two newborns. the mind boggles. ‘at the moment, we have a nanny who works three days a week, but