Pick Me Up!

WHATEVER IT TAKES

As my new puppy scampered over for a cuddle, my stomach flipped. ‘I don’t know what it is,’ I told my husband Robert, 30.

‘But I just cannot stand the smell of her.’

It was January 2017, and we’d just bought a little Border Collie called Ronnie.

She was the loveliest addition to our household, but every time I went near her, I felt nauseous.

Taking a pregnancy test at home on a whim, I couldn’t believe the result.

‘We’re pregnant!’ I screamed in excitement.

We’d been married for two years and both wanted to start a family.

As my pregnancy passed, everything seemed normal.

I was diagnosed

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