Pick Me Up! Special

THERE SHE GOES

Watching as my 18-month-old daughter Anouk tottered around, I frowned.

Like other kids her age, she was stumbling around with a walker as she learnt to walk. But I noticed her legs were dead straight.

Anouk hadn’t had an easy start in life. When I was pregnant with her, I’d lost my waters at just 18 weeks.

I’d had a premature rupture of membranes, and my pregnancy was suddenly high risk.

Doctors told me to terminate more than once.

It was terrifying.

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