Pick Me Up!

OUR PERFECT BUBBLE

Shuffling up the hospital bed, I pulled my top up and felt a squidgy lump of cold jelly land on me.

‘Sorry,’ the sonographer said with a smile.

‘No problem!’ I giggled. This was a momentous day: my 20-week scan.

My friend, Sinead, and I headed in to find out the baby’s sex while my husband Rohan stayed home so it would be a surprise for him.

It was my first pregnancy and so far, all was well.

My three-month scan had shown a healthy baby.

Now, as the sonographer ran the scanner over my stomach, I tried not to

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