An operation to save their lives... BEFORE THEY WERE BORN
May 19, 2020
4 minutes
WORDS: ANNA MATHESON, NIAMH SHACKLETON.
You never know how you’re going to cope with life’s toughest situations until you’re there, facing them head-on. For me, having a family was something I thought would come naturally – and go smoothly – so when I fell pregnant in September 2018, I envisaged the next nine months would be filled buying baby clothes, decorating the nursery with my husband, Kris, and rifling through baby-name books.
Only, at six weeks, I had a small bleed so I was booked in for an emergency scan. At the appointment, Kris gripped my hand as we watched for any signs on the sonographer’s face, but she smiled, and assured
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