Interview 10  

Interview 10

Age at Interview: 31
Sex: Female
Background: Pregnancy ended in 1998. No of children 2 + [1]. Ages of other children at interview: 6, 4. Occupations: Mother - nurse, Father - warehouse manager. Marital status: married. Ethnic background: White British.

Brief outline:Her 2nd pregnancy: 20-week scan indicated serious abnormalities. Amniocentesis and scans identified Patau's syndrome. Pregnancy was ended by induction (no feticide at her request) at 24 weeks. Since then she has had another baby.


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She looks back on all the things that have happened to her and feels that she is more appreciative of her children.

 



He was, you know, it was just wonderful to have him and he's just brilliant. And both of them, I mean, my daughter will always be special because she was around when it was happening and she kind of reminded me that, yes I can do it, I can have a normal baby. And she kind of pulled me through the bad times. And then I've got [the baby] who's just so special because he, you know, plus, you know, if we hadn't have gone through that we wouldn't have him. 

It's that kind of, when you look back and reflect on it, you know, for whatever reason I just sort of think, you know I had to go through that experience, and it's made us better, it's made us appreciate life more. It made us appreciate our children completely, you know, and never take for granted what we've got and how wonderful they are.  

And, you know, if we hadn't have got through that we wouldn't have him, you know, we wouldn't have 4 years gap between our children and all the implications that has. It's just, you know, you look back and you think, well that, obviously, was just the way it was meant to be. 

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