‘My waters broke in M&S!’

Meet Jen, whose trip to the shops led to a very special delivery

WORDS RACHEL TOAL

JEN LIU-JONES, 37, A STAY-AT-HOME MUM, LIVES IN SURREY WITH HUSBAND PAUL AND CHILDREN ELORA, FOUR, KOA, TWO, AND MARILIA, 11 MONTHS After a busy morning shopping, my daughter Elora and I sat down for lunch. We were in our local Marks & Spencer café. I was 39 weeks pregnant and convinced I was still days away from giving birth. Little did I know what was about to happen! Leaning forward to feed Elora a spoonful of potato, I felt a pop inside me. It was exactly as if a balloon had burst in my bump. After a split second, I felt a warm gush of water between my legs. ‘OK, this is it,’ I told myself. Slowly, I stood up in the hope the leak would stop. But it…

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Mother & Baby (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2019

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