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MUM’S THE WORD

Heading into a midwife appointment, I felt so alone. My husband Will, 36, and I were pregnant with our first child, and couldn’t wait.

But being pregnant going into 2021, as Covid was rife and lockdown hit, was very isolating. Will wasn’t allowed to come to the midwife appointments, so I had to record any special moments on the phone.

He was allowed in for scans, but it wasn’t the same.

It wasn’t how I’d imagined my first pregnancy.

Thankfully, I found online resources like Postpartum Plan which really

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