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‘Mum can I have more?'

TRUE-LIFE

Nicole Goss, 31, Burgess Hill, West Sussex

Hearing the ice cream van's loud tune as it drove past my house, my tummy roared.

Grabbing my purse, I popped out for a Twister.

‘I'm not usually a fan of these,’ I shrugged to my friend, arriving back carrying a stash of them.

‘You must be pregnant,’ he said, laughing.

Could I be?

It was April 2012 and I'd recently come out of a relationship.

After my Twister, I rushed to buy a pregnancy test.

When it was positive, I was gobsmacked.

Aged only 19, I knew solo parenting would be tough.

But I was excited to meet the little person growing inside me.

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