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‘My husband promised he’d finish the floor by Christmas Eve. The next morning, I was in labour’

‘We bought our house in July and planned to live in it for six months while we renovated without the pressure of a particular deadline. There was lots we needed to do – everything essentially needed ripping out – but we didn’t have much money and relied on favours from friends who worked in trades like my husband, who owns a flooring business.

‘We went through the planning process to add a side-return extension, and then I found out I was pregnant. That put a little more pressure on us and it was all systems

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