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    Brink of DEATH

    Nov 11, 2021 5 minutes

    Holding the pregnancy test, I couldn’t believe it.

    I couldn’t be? I panicked.

    My husband Gavin, 39, and I weren’t trying for a baby, and after having two horrific pregnancies in the past, I really didn’t want to put myself through it again.

    Due to having polycystic ovaries, I couldn’t take hormonal contraception, but Gavin and I were always safe.

    Suddenly, I had flashbacks to my previous pregnancies.

    Whilst pregnant with my daughter Sarah, now 13, I had been incredibly sick.

    I was vomiting constantly.

    Like Kate Middleton, I was diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum when I was eight-weeks.

    It lasted throughout my pregnancy and sadly came back to haunt me when I fell pregnant with my son Joshua, now 11.

    Although they were both worth it, I

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