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‘I can’t be his mum

Christina Ratford, 29, London

Carefully, I unwrapped the brand-new nappy caddy from its box and placed it in the new nursery.

‘It’s perfect now,’ I said to my husband Craig, then 27.

In was early 2019, and a few months before, I’d found out I was pregnant.

It was a big shock, but a happy one nonetheless.

After finding out we were having a baby boy at my 20-week scan, I’d been buying baby clothes, toys, a cot, a pram, and heaps of nappies.

You name it, I’d ticked it off my list of baby things.

I’d always liked

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