As a mum of three sons, aged 9, 7 and 4 years, Keris was disappointed when she was told that she was entering early menopause and could not have any more children. But the disappointment soon turned to surprise when blood tests revealed she was already unexpectedly pregnant! This is
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After two previous losses, my rainbow baby was born at 34 weeks
This is Zoe’s story: Axel is my rainbow baby, after suffering two losses at 20 weeks prior to falling pregnant with him. At my 20 week morphology scan, I was told he was 2 weeks behind where he should be but that they may have got the dating scan wrong.
I was having a conversation about ‘quality of life’ when his little life hadn’t even kicked off
After her 18 week scan, Claire knew something wasn’t quite right, but it wasn’t until 32 weeks that the reality of the situation became clear. This is Claire’s story: I remember going to my 18 week scan feeling excited and holding onto that feeling until my husband and I saw our GP where
My baby and I were both slowly dying
When Nicole started to feel very unwell, she was initially dismissed as having anxiety. But the reality was far more dangerous. This is Nicole’s story: When I found out I was pregnant at 6 weeks, it was a beautiful surprise. Initially, I was overwhelmed with excitement until I realised I
I didn’t make it to the hospital in time
Matthew was born in the middle of a world-wide pandemic, in the back of an ambulance on the side of the road at 33 weeks. This is Kristal’s story: My labour was very spontaneous. When my waters started to leak in the early hours of the morning, my partner got our 2 year
I was told my baby would not survive
When my waters broke at 18 weeks, despite not being in labour, I was told I should terminate my baby. This is Salley’s story: I went for a gender scan at 18+2 weeks only to be told my baby couldn’t be seen due to a lack of fluid around him
Despite best efforts, my twin girls had their own plans
After the initial shock of seeing two little ‘sprouts’ in our first scan at only 6 weeks, we had a wonderful pregnancy journey as first-time parents, until their surprise appearance at 32 weeks This is Samantha’s story: At 31 weeks pregnant, we were told that we were in labour and
I was expecting twin boys and they were both in trouble
Trigger Warning: The following story may be distressing for some people. This is Natasha’s story: On Saturday the 27th of June, Aaron Jack was born at the Mercy Hospital for Women. Aaron, or Twin 2 of Natasha as he would be known as for the next 117 days, weighed a
I want my children to understand their NICU experience, so I wrote a book to help them
Ryan was born at 24 weeks and 3 days after mum Jennifer spent two weeks on strict bed rest. They had no idea what lay ahead but knew the birth was only just the beginning. This is Jennifer’s story: “I was 22 weeks pregnant. It was a normal day at
In a hurry to be a leap year baby
Although I was four weeks away from my scheduled caesarean, I wasn’t concerned by my contractions. I assumed they were due to my irritable uterus. I was fine last time it happened and had no reason to believe we could stop them again. This is Teegan’s story: “It was February