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My sister gave birth FOR ME

Sitting in the doctor’s office, I struggled to comprehend what I was hearing.

‘There is a chance you might not be able to conceive or carry a baby,’ my heart consultant said gently. Gripping the hand of my partner, Michael, it was as though the doctor’s words were echoing through my head. Throughout my entire life, I’d had heart problems – including a hole in the heart and an enlarged aorta – and had been through countless surgeries as a child. But apart from yearly medical checks, I had been lucky to live a normal life, it hadn’t stopped me from doing

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