Againstall odds

Ashley Hughes, 28, Bolton

Settling down in front of the telly, I turned on my favourite show and as soon as the theme tune started, so did my tears.

One Born Every Minute always made me well up.

I loved the emotional stories, the happy parents and tiny babies.

My fave moment was seeing the newborn placed on its mum’s chest.

‘You’re hooked on this show,’ my partner Josh, then 22, laughed.

He was right.

I’d known since I was 16 that I wanted to be a mum.

Couldn’t wait for my own magical first cuddle