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Issue 88 2020
Pregnancy In Lockdown Being pregnant at any time can make you feel more vulnerable, tired and emotional!
shared our news with many people except our immediate family and very close friends before Covid hit.
Throw in a global pandemic that threatens your business, social isolation, minimal contact with healthcare professionals and it makes for a pregnancy you hadn’t quite imagined…
Even the kiddies didn’t know… we were waiting for our twenty-week scan to make sure everything was ok first. The scan was booked and I was called the day before to be told I had to attend alone. Tom couldn’t come in. Cue instant tears!
We spent a long time deciding if having a third child was the right decision for us and our family. After losing our son’s twin in pregnancy, we never quite felt complete with the two children we have (we absolutely adore both our children, but when you prepare for having three children and suddenly that’s not happening, it can be hard not to feel like something or someone is missing). Having decided we did want to extend our family, we were fortunate enough to fall pregnant quickly and settled into pregnant life. Because of our previous miscarriages, we hadn’t
The next day, Tom waited in the car park whilst I entered the scan waiting room alone. Having previously received devastating news, I was extremely nervous. The waiting room was set out two metres apart and only a couple of other women were around. I was called into the scan room with a sonographer and another staff member who explained what we were looking for. I cannot fault the staff as they kept things as normal as normal could be! I asked if I could video some of the scan to show Tom, but unfortunately at the time this wasn’t allowed (only days later, this was changed to
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