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Interview 24

Interview 24

Age at Interview: 43
Sex: Female
Background: Pregnancy ended in 2001. No. of children at time of interview: 1 + [1]. Age of other child: 6. Occupations: Mother - mother and NHS facilitator, Father - lawyer. Marital status: married. Ethnic background: White British.

Brief outline:Mother of 1 child, she had a miscarriage in 1997. She has a heart condition and takes warfarin (heparin during pregnancy). 3rd pregnancy: 7-week scan confirmed pregnancy viable. 12 week scan no problems found. Nuchal scan at 13 weeks found baby had shortened femur, no tibia or fibular on right leg. Specialist scans confirmed lower limb deficiencies. Pregnancy ended at 17 weeks by induction.

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Explains that she hasn't been able to conceive again and that she feels blessed to have one child.
Print I'm sure I'd feel a hell of a lot worse if I didn't have one, but I haven't been able to conceive again after, since then, but in a way that's inevitable I think so that was already there as a possibility I guess, and we're certainly not trying any more, so. that's fine. But you're right to have one child is a complete blessing, I mean it's fantastic. If I didn't have her I think it would mean something much, much worse, I'm not sure, I don't know. But it does make me realise how blessed I am to have one child. Kind of, yeah I mean going through the processes is, it isn't all appalling, there is, there are parts of it which, because it changes you, it actually develops your awareness of. I'd say more meaning in terms of what it is to have a child and how grateful you can be for the one that you have got.

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