• Clip
• Pregnancy & children >> Pregnancy >> Age 31-33 >> Interview 01 >> She wanted to spend as much time as possible with her baby and decided not to go back to work. (Read by an actor.)

Normal pregnancy apart from episode of severe pain (suspected ectopic) and high blood sugar. Caesarean birth. Was not able to breastfeed. Recovery from caesarean took longer than expected.

• Pregnancy & children >> Pregnancy >> Age 37-39 >> Interview 02 >> She really enjoys being pregnant and seeing her body change shape.

Normal first pregnancy. Additional scanning and care in specialist unit because of previous splenectomy. Mother has higher susceptibility to illness and infection.

• Pregnancy & children >> Pregnancy >> Age 34-36 >> Interview 16 >> She enjoyed pregnancy so much she did not want it to end.

Experienced recurrent miscarriage before entering an egg share IVF scheme. IVF was successful after one cycle and pregnancy was excellent. Vaginal birth.

• Pregnancy & children >> Pregnancy >> Aged 24 & under >> Interview 17 >> Her advice to other young, single mothers is to make the most of their time with their children and be confident they can be good parents.

Single mother of two. First child born by emergency caesarean, second by elective caesarean. Faced unhelpful assumptions because she was young and single.