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Lewis [1]
Lewis was born 3 weeks early on 23rd December 1997 following a normal healthy pregnancy. The labour was not easy, but relatively quick being 4 hours in total but he was in distress and was very nearly a c section delivery. I went into early labour due to an infection.  He was born with the petechial rash which we were told was because...
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Ben [2]
Ben [2]
On the 19th of March 2015, our little angel Ben was born sleeping at 30+5 weeks weighing 3lb 12&1/2 oz. We had a really healthy pregnancy but after a day of reduced movements & braxton hicks at 27+5 weeks I visited my maternity day unit to be monitored, which was fine, & sent for a scan for reassurance! At the scan it showed Ben to...
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Seren [3]
So here's our story - I'm from the UK. I fell pregnant with my first baby back in 2015, I was over the moon everything seemed to be going fine and smoothly until my 20 week scan. I was just looking forward to find out whether I was having a little girl or boy, my instincts were saying girl. However at this appointment we didn't find out, but we...
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Lydia [4]
Lydia is one of non-identical twins, born on 6th April 2011 at 38 weeks in Welwyn Garden City with her brother Isaac.   Lydia was very small at 1.8kg (3lb15oz) so she was taken up to special care to be checked over, then was brought back to me as she was fine. The following day she had her newborn hearing screening, which she failed in...
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Ava H [5]
Ours is a relatively simple story, so whilst it is great that the media portray worst case scenarios, it's good to realise that the number one effect is hearing loss, which is the only thing that Ava was affected with as a result of CMV. Ava was our second born daughter in May 2011. My pregnancy was fairly complicated from the outset with...
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Christian [6]
On the 27th June 2006, when Christian was born I remember the sheer delight on my husbands face, as we had our boy. He would be Eve's little brother who would be 2 the following day. Within 24 hours it became apparent that our new arrival was poorly.  He had developed jaundice and was moved to special care.  He was given light therapy...
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