Pick Me Up!

PLEASE SAVE MY BABY!

Cradling my baby bump, I squeezed past punters in the pub as I looked for my mates.

Spotting them, I called out and gave them a wave.

‘Hi,’ I said when I got to the table, giving my friend Lucy* a big hug.

‘Congratulations! I’m so happy for you.’

It was June last year, and Lucy had just announced her pregnancy – so we’d all come to our local, the Gigmill Pub, to celebrate.

My partner Tom* and I sat down with the group.

‘I can’t wait for them to be friends,’ I smiled at Lucy, stroking my own bump as my baby kicked happily.

He’d always been such a little wriggler.

I was 33 weeks

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