Personal Stories

Baby Pascale by Jessica Ma

I was aware that the midwives were not handing her to me right away. The midwife mentioned the baby was a bit slow to cry so she was going to administer some facial oxygen and did so. Then I heard the baby cry but they still did not bring her to me. The two midwives [...]

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The Story of Rhys by Lynne Davies

Hello, my name is Lynne Davies, I have a son called Rhys, and he is 10yrs old and has CMN. Until 6 weeks ago we had never met anyone else with this condition. We met Jodi Unsworth in Liverpool, and many other lovely people who had children with this condition; we also met the children, [...]

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My Story by Lucy Clarke

My daughter Scarlett was born nearly two years ago with a very rare skin condition called Congenital Melanocytic Naevus (CMN). No one in Cheltenham hospital had ever seen the condition and therefore were unsure where to send Scarlett, as she was not actually ill. To cut a long story short eventually we got to Great [...]

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