After seven months of keeping the secret from my parents and my school, I had to tell them. The school informed me that, for insurance reasons, I would have to attend a referral unit while I was pregnant.
After having my daughter a week before Christmas I had severe post-natal depression. I was allowed only six weeks' maternity leave before the baby was born and then six weeks after. I was told that if I delayed I would not be allowed to return to my previous school but would have to stay in the referral unit, which was full of children who didn't want to learn.
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