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The story behind Hunter’s Smile

As I stared at the pregnancy test, my smile widened. There was no mistaking the two pink lines.

‘We’re having a baby!’ I said through happy tears, hugging my partner, Simon, 42, whose face beamed with joy.

After undergoing my third surgery in June 2021 to ease the pain of my stage four endometriosis, and also being diagnosed with adenomyosis – where excess tissue forms on the wall of the uterus – I never expected I’d be able to fall pregnant.

I’d accepted my fate, and put all my love

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