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HIS FIRST WORD WAS ‘MAMA’

A20-WEEK scan is a major moment in an expecting couple’s pregnancy journey – it’s the big one, the one where the sonar looks in detail at the bones and organs of the baby and checks for the possibility of rare conditions.

Roodepoort parents-to-be Nerika and Aston Turner had been looking forward to the scan. The pregnancy was progressing normally and their baby was growing well – and the scan confirmed this.

“The gynaecologist checked all the organs and features and everything was looking good,” Nerika (33) recalls. “But he couldn’t see the face of our baby so he stopped the scan and I had to walk around and do some squats so the baby could move around.

“It took so long for

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