People seeking to adopt a child can benefit from the assistance of two adoptive mothers who have set up an agency to help what can be a long and difficult experience.

In the January issue of Pink, out with The Times tomorrow, they tell their own stories of starting a family and how this inspired them to lend their experience to other prospective parents.

Other mothers push aside their embarrassment to talk about their waters breaking in public places before birth, and how they dealt with the ordeal.

The winner of Supernova Model – The Competition 2012 graces the magazine’s cover and its fashion pages, wearing a selection of bargains picked up by stylist Marisa Grima, who has made the best of the January sales.

Horoscopes, history, health and humour, culture, comedy and beauty fill the rest of the women’s monthly magazine, published by Allied Newspapers Ltd and printed by Progress Press.