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We tried for one more now we’ve got FOUR!

Monique Vila Nova, 30, Mount Maunganui, NZ

Watching as our son, Benji, three, ran around on the beach, my heart swelled with pride.

‘Why don’t we try for another?’ I suggested to my partner, Thiago.

We’d met in 2009 at the surf shop where we both worked in Brazil.

The following year, Thiago moved to New Zealand to study and I followed.

Settling into our new home in Mount Maunganui, it felt like the perfect place to have a

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