![]() “The relief at not having to pretend I was OK any more was overwhelming, like I’d been released from a cage.” “Stepping down from my job was one of the hardest things I’d ever done, but my manager told me to rest and see my doctor. James assured Lynsey they’d cope with only one income. “I was crying almost daily, often in front of Yazmin. Lynsey says she’d been “teetering on the brink” for months before making the decision to leave nursing. “Four miscarriages in less than two years crippled me with grief that I refused to acknowledge or process.” “It was falling pregnant for the fourth time in 2017, and then losing the baby again, that really broke me,” she said. ![]() Lynsey had been “teetering on the brink” for months before she made the decision to give up her job (Image: Gillian Robb/Bumble and Goose) “It was a massive blow, but I knew miscarriage isn’t uncommon, so I took a few months away from work before finding out I was pregnant again.”Īgain, though, the pregnancy didn’t last, and about a year later Lynsey had yet another miscarriage. “Sadly, days after getting that amazing news, I felt unwell and went to hospital, where it was confirmed I’d had a miscarriage at six weeks,” she says. Two years on, having failed to conceive, they sought fertility advice, but a week later learnt Lynsey was pregnant. They married fewer than 18 months later and talked about having children together. Lynsey was 35 and mum to daughter Yazmin when she met James. I started acupuncture, CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) and therapy, but didn’t take enough time away from the stresses of my work, although I didn’t know I had three more miscarriages on the horizon.” “After my first miscarriage I’d been admitted to hospital for six weeks because the stress and anxiety had caused such extreme physical reactions. It took my husband, James, and my mum, Joyce, to finally convince me to walk away. But after what we’d been through, it was killing me. “Supporting new and expectant mums had been my calling and the most rewarding, fulfilling job. “Every time I saw a glorious bump or spoke to a mum cradling her baby, it ripped me to pieces,” says the 45-year-old. Lynsey had just suffered her fourth miscarriage. 'My baby is at risk of dying when he falls asleep - I’m determined to find a cure'.'I’m a stepmum like Kate Ferdinand, the kids called me mum straight away'.Lynsey Bleakley gave up her 10-year long job to pursue her dream of being a baker Read More Related Articles
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