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MY BABY made me psychotic

WORDS: SMITA MISTRY & CYAN TUAN © FABULOUS MAGAZINE/NEWS SYNDICATION. PHOTOS: FABULOUS MAGAZINE, ITV

It happened to me

This week, Coronation Street is hitting the headlines as new mum Sarah Louise Platt experiences terrifyingly dark thoughts. In the show, Sarah, played by actress Tina o’Brien, becomes convinced that her new baby is her ex-husband reincarnated. But while most people will see her psychotic episode as just another dramatic soap storyline, for me, it brings back terrifying memories…

I always imagined I’d be a mum one day. So after meeting Tom, who worked for the same bank as me, it was one of the first things we talked about. Luckily, he felt the same way, and after we married in May 2011, we started trying for a family.

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