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A fighting chance

Lenai Schier, 32

Getting myself comfortable on the medical bed that day, I had one question on my mind.

‘Will Wilder be getting a baby brother or sister?’ I wondered aloud, and exchanged a smile with my hubby Matt.

Our son Wilder, 1, had come along as a surprise.

We’d tried for a few months to fall pregnant this time and now, at 20 weeks gone, we were at the scan to find out our little one’s sex.

But soon after the sonographer started, my one question was replaced by another.

‘Is everything OK?’ I asked.

She was stopping and starting,

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