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Over the rain bow

Climbing upstairs with a washing basket, I reached the nursery.

The smell of fresh paint in the air.

‘That’s the last of his washing done,’ I said to my partner Nathan, 28, as I was folding up the last of the baby sleepsuits.

The finishing touch.

Earlier when I was just16 weeks pregnant, we privately found out the gender of our little one.

I was super excited, rubbing my tummy and feeling a reciprocated kick, whilst in the waiting room.

‘You’re having a baby boy,’ the sonographer smiled.

As I looked up at the screen, my heart filled with joy as I knew our eldest Zachary, two, would be super excited about being a big brother.

Nathan looked at me in awe.

This moment of pure joy soon came to a worrying end.

‘I’m afraid we might have to run some more tests, as I can see that your baby’s brain ventricles

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