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My dad gave me TWINS!

The chances are very high that you won’t ever have children,’ my doctor said at a check-up. ‘It would be too dangerous for you, and the baby.’

I was only 16, but I’d always imagined that one day I’d be a mother.

Glancing over at my mum, Julie, I could tell she was heartbroken for me too.

I’d been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease aged nine. Over time, my kidney function would get so bad, I’d go on dialysis, and eventually need a transplant.

I thought, staring

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