Andrea with Cidonye and DeAndré: ‘I was in a really good relationship. I’d gone through some health concerns and there was a possibility that I might not have children. So when we found out I was pregnant it was great news. Part of me did think gosh, I’m 19 – maybe I am too young. But in my mind I felt I was old enough’ Lucy was 17 when she got pregnant. What’s your reaction to that sentence? Go on, be honest. Possibly – probably, even – it was similar to the reaction of Lucy’s doctor. “Unfortunately, Lucy is pregnant,” he wrote in the letter of referral to the midwives. Lucy never forgot how she felt when she saw that letter: it was her moment of realisation about how she would be viewed...
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