Despite her doctors giving her a devastating diagnosis, Ellen Picton refused to give up on her dream...
Staring at what felt like the hundredth pregnancy test, my hands started to shake. Grabbing the box from the side, I compared the diagram on the back to the two, faint lines that had appeared.
A positive result – I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Suddenly, the heartache of the past few months, all the trying and failing, drifted into insignificance. What remained was a realisation that instantly made my world brighter. I was going to have a baby.
A devastating diagnosis
For as long as I could remember, I’ve felt certain I was meant to be a mother. But then at 18 I started experiencing a painful throbbing sensation in my stomach, and my periods became very heavy and irregular. My weight also started to creep up. I went to the GP, who prescribed a combined contraceptive pill.
But when that played havoc with my moods, he referred me for an internal scan, which revealed I was suffering from the condition called endometriosis. The doctor explained it causes cells that usually line the womb to be carried elsewhere in the pelvic region, causing pain and inflammation.
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