During the first three months of my pregnancy, I contracted Covid‑19. At the 12‑week blood tests, the results showed a low risk for Down syndrome but a high risk for Trisomy 13 and Trisomy 18. At that stage, the fetal specialist did not observe anything unusual. As the pregnancy progressed, however, my gynaecologist noticed that the baby was falling further and further behind on the growth chart . We returned to the fetal specialist around 22 weeks. He detected a small hole i

My journey started in 1992, and it took around seven years ( and three miscarriages ) to receive a proper diagnosis. During my first pregnancy in 1992, my gynaecologist suggested that I take half a Disprin under my tongue each morning to prevent high blood pressure, so I did. My baby was born three weeks prematurely by C‑section after going into distress. They managed to save her, but we both developed a severe infection. The doctor said they could not determine the cause

A general pre‑race checkup in May 2019 turned my life upside down. I was training for my first marathon, which was meant to take place in Paris, France, and my focus was fixed on that dream run along the Champs‑Élysées. Even though I was heading towards a very fit fifty, I was feeling unusually tired, but I put it down to a frantic business acquisition, lack of time to train, inadequate sleep, and dealing with a recent death in the family. Hills were becoming harder to run, m