WHY I CUT OFF MY BOY’S LEG

Ya Ruslin Kunoo, 18, Bendigo, Vic

Watching the sonographer scan my swollen belly, I was so excited.

I was 17 weeks pregnant and it was the first time I’d seen my baby on screen.

‘Looks like a boy,’ the sonographer smiled.

I was thrilled and I knew my partner, Hser, would be thrilled too.

But then she added something else…

‘I can’t quite make out his right leg,’ she said. ‘But he could be hiding it.’

Another ultrasound three weeks later