It took me 10 years to talk about losing my baby. Here's why I'm sharing my story now

“It took me 10 years to talk about losing my baby. Here's why I'm sharing my story now”

Ten years ago, I gave birth to my first child about 20 weeks too early and the baby couldn’t survive. I had a normal pregnancy for the initial months – I was out and about (I can recall clocking in more than 8,000 steps at Gitex ), I had an extreme sensitivity to the smell of pizza and all seemed fine during check-ups. In the fifth month of pregnancy, I suddenly began experiencing what I later learnt were contractions. I was rushed to hospital that night, where doctors told me to prepare for…