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A stolen future

Kaitlyn Bustin, 19, Stourbridge

S taring at the monitor, I held my breath until…

'There we are,' the sonographer smiled, her wand on my tummy. 'You're about 13 weeks along.'

My teeny baby wriggled on the screen and joy flooded through me.

But I was scared too.

It was March 2022 and at 18, I hadn't planned on being a mum yet and the baby's dad hadn't wanted to be involved.

I hadn't even told my mum Tracey, then 53, my dad Kieran, 44, or my little brother Alfie, then 17.

The scan proved to me how much I

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