My impossible dream
May 20, 2021
3 minutes
Lauren Hooper, 34, Okehampton
Sitting in the GP’s surgery, I stared at my doctor in shock.
‘You may not be able to conceive, or carry a baby,’ he explained.
All my life I’d had heart problems, including a hole in the heart and an enlarged aorta.
I’d been through countless surgeries as a child.
But most of the time I was like any other kid.
Had the same dreams.
I’d loved playing dollies with my big sister Ebony.
Just under five years apart, we’d push prams around the garden.
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