United in pain

Kerry Roberts, 37, Northallerton

Pulling a blanket over my tiny bump, I settled on the sofa and flicked on the TV.

I was 12 weeks pregnant and felt like death warmed up.

‘Fancy a cuppa?’ asked my partner James, then 29.

‘Go on then,’ I smiled.

It was May 2019 and I’d just spent two nights in hospital with hyperemesis gravidarum – severe morning sickness.

Not fun.

‘Where’s Leah?’ I shouted to James.

‘She got ready here with the girls and went to the park,’ he called.

I rolled my eyes and smiled. My daughter Leah Heyes, then