Mother Chooses To Go South To Give Birth - Lack Of Local Services Played A Part

6th November 2024

After she decided to terminate her first pregnancy due to Omphalocele, a condition where the baby's organs are outside of the body, she was worried about potentially having to travel more than two and a half hours to Inverness.

Her partner is a crofter and as her due date fell in-between lambing season, she was worried about not having enough people around her in the far north.

Because of this, she returned to where her parents stay in Essex just before giving birth to her twins.

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