Offer of a lifetime
Mar 18, 2021
4 minutes
Melissa Hosegood, 37, Newbridge, New Forest
As I took a pregnancy test in the bathroom, my stomach did somersaults.
And then I saw it... Positive.
‘We’re having a baby!’ I squealed, running to show my boyfriend Joe.
‘Amazing!’ he cried.
It was November 2012 and we’d waited for this moment for years.
After being diagnosed with a heart condition when I was young, I’d always known it could be difficult for me to conceive.
But when, aged 22, I’d met Joe in 2006, we’d dreamt of having a family.
Yet, while thrilled, I felt
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