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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Paige Oldfield

Pregnant midwife's impossible choice

Steph Wild opened the boot of her car and gently placed her shopping bags inside. She couldn’t wait to hang her new baby clothes up in the nursery at home.

The midwife was driving home from the Trafford Centre when her phone started to ring. Recognising the number as the hospital, Steph and her partner pulled over to the side of the road.

That’s when they were given the news. Steph’s unborn daughter Bea had been diagnosed with a rare brain condition in the womb. The condition meant she would never be able to speak, walk or eat and her sight would also be affected.

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