Hannah Schofield
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"The Burn"
When I was around 19 years of age, I was told that I would find it difficult to conceive naturally and that I would need help from the hospital once I was ready. I was told that I had a very common condition called PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome). Over here in the UK I think the statistics are 1 in every 5 women, so quite a number! A whole 20%, in fact! I'd always imagined being a mom, right from being a little girl so this news was not something I had ever wanted to hear. As I grew older I had decided that, once I met my soul mate, I'd like to adopt as I wouldn't want to put my body and my mental state through all of the heartache that comes with disappointing IVF results or the negative pregnancy tests month after month so I had mentally prepared myself to never have to give birth! I met my soul mate and we discussed it. He was happy so long as I was in any way we decided to be parents, we would be parent nevertheless. Well, in the October of 2016, me and my partner found out we were pregnant! Naturally! No help, no doctors, no pills, and no IVF! My partner was over the moon, almost passing out all whilst I sat on the toilet repeating "shit, shit, shit." After all, I had never mentally prepared to grow a human, to give birth to am entire human! I was, well and truly, PETRIFIED!!
By Hannah Schofield6 years ago in Families