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Holding on to hope

Laura Ward, 33, Tyldesley

Peering down, I couldn’t remember the last time that I could see my feet.

And I loved it!

‘I’m so excited to meet her, ’ I grinned to my partner John, then 37.

Already parents to William, then 2, and John’s children from his previous relationship, Josh, 15, and Lexi, 11, we couldn’t wait for our baby girl to join our family.

It was July 2021, I was 28 weeks pregnant and as a teaching assistant was looking forward to the summer holidays so I could put my feet up and get

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