Grabbing my hand, my husband Moustafa, then 27, smiled nervously as we returned our gaze to the screen. ‘Can you hear that?’ the sonographer asked and I listened to the thump-thump-thump coming from t

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We are all told the same story as children: that we grew from a single cell into a human being. We learn that all of our trillions of cells developed from the first union of egg and sperm, and that we

Most expectant mums spend their entire pregnancy thinking about that magical moment when they’ll finally get to meet their baby for the first time. Who they’ll take after, what colour eyes and hair th

I’d always wanted a brother or a sister, but Mum’s revelation was the start of something far bigger.