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My sweet girl had HALF A HEART

Larissa Brown, 39, Townsville, Qld

I’m pregnant!’ I exclaimed to my husband Nathan, then 37.

He was as thrilled as I was to be having our second bub.

Ten years earlier, I’d beaten breast cancer, aged 27. Back then, docs had told me the chemo meant my chances of conceiving were slim.

But, we’d defied the odds with our daughter, Emilia, then two, and our family would soon become four.

In December 2020, I had my 12-week scan and

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