Stockholm-based content creator, stylist and founder of modelling agency Fiiri, Mona M. Ali has long viewed fashion as integral to her identity. So when she found herself experiencing back-to-back pregnancies, she faced somewhat of an identity crisis. The Somali-Scandinavian creative opens up about the physical and mental realities of being pregnant twice in one year
It was September 2025 and I was in a pharmacy buying a pregnancy test. Mind you, I had given birth to my daughter, Nile, only six months prior. For over two weeks, I’d carried this feeling of dread; something was off. I was unusually tired, and not in a "new mom" way. My body was trying to tell me something and I was refusing to listen.
I joked to my husband that I might be pregnant. He laughed and told me I was just exhausted from too much socialising. To be fair, I was. I was bringing Nile to events, committing to too many hangouts, trying to stay connected to the life I had just months ago. I called a friend and said again to double check the impact: “I think I might be pregnant.” We both laughed. “Imagine.”
Well, I didn’t have to imagine for long.
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On Mona: Dress. Rave Review. Pumps. Mayz. On Nile: Top, Pants. Both Konges Sløjd. Photo: Illya Ovchar
On Mona: Dress, Bag. Both Stand Studio. On Nile: Cardigan. Get Spilled Milk. Head scarf. Petit Stockholm. Baby Crib. Stoke. Baby Mobile. Petite Stockholm. . Photo: Illya Ovchar