Pick Me Up! Special

LIFE OR DEATH

Holding the pregnancy test, I just couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t be? I instantly panicked.

My husband Gavin, 41, and I weren’t trying for a baby and after having two horrific pregnancies in the past, I really didn’t want to put myself through it again.

Due to having polycystic ovaries, I couldn’t take hormonal contraception, but Gavin and I were always safe.

Suddenly, I had flashbacks to my previous pregnancies.

Whilst pregnant with my daughter Sarah, now 16, I had been incredibly sick.

I was throwing up constantly throughout.

Like Kate Middleton, I was diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum when I was eight-weeks.

It lasted throughout my pregnancy and sadly came back to haunt me when I fell pregnant with my son Joshua, now 14.

They were both worth it, but I wasn’t sure if my body could cope

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