Milla Chaplin Rae

Not Quite to Plan Audiobook

Arts EN ↓ 30 episodes

Motherhood is a challenge. A global pandemic is a challenge. A military coup is a challenge. All three together make for an extraordinary story. Yangon was Milla Chaplin Rae’s adopted home for six wonderful years; she met her husband there, had her baby there and even enjoyed waiting out the pandemic there. But on 1 February 2021, everything changed when Myanmar’s brutal military ousted the elected government, throwing the country into turmoil and the family’s plans to stay there into question. Only two months into motherhood, suddenly Milla wasn’t thinking about nappy changes and sleep patter...

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Milla Chaplin Rae

Episodes

CHAPTER 4 | THE LITTLE GUY 20.12.2023 25:14

Jasper’s arrival does not go to plan and the new family spends their first night separated: with Milla and Jasper in two different hospitals and Dylan in a hotel close to Jasper’s NICU. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CHAPTER 3 | THE NEW NORMAL 20.12.2023 21:25

The arrival of COVID in 2020 changes their life in Yangon beyond recognition but for Milla and Dylan, the bigger news is that Milla is pregnant and realises that the pandemic leave her with little choice but to give birth in Myanmar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CHAPTER 2 | THE MAGIC OF MYANMAR 20.12.2023 26:27

Milla travels around Myanmar as much as she can in her early time there, and understands why it is called a leapfrog nation, a frontier market and a bewitching travel destination. For her and Dylan, however, it is simply the place they call home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CHAPTER 1 | A YANGON LOVE STORY 20.12.2023 25:37

Back in 2015, Milla decides to move from London to Yangon where she falls in love, not only with the country of Myanmar, but with her husband, Dylan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prologue: Not Quite to Plan 20.12.2023 13:45

On 1 Feb 2021, Milla, her husband Dylan and their newborn son, Jasper, awake to news of the Myanmar military coup and come to terms with the implications it has on their expat life in a country they love. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.