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Pregnant Laura Adlington pens an emotional letter to her unborn baby as she reflects on her 'really long journey' to motherhood after a nine-year fertility battle


The Great British Bake Off star, 36, couldn't contain her excitement as she reflected on reaching the halfway point of her pregnancy.

The television baker previously gave up her hopes of having a baby after she was told by doctors that her only chance to get pregnant was to try IVF and she would have to lose a substantial amount of weight first to qualify. Posing with an adorable teddy bear outfit, Laura revealed she and Police Community Support Officer Matt eagerly bought the dungarees not long after she'd come off the contraceptive pill in the hope that their journey to parenthood would be swift. Alongside the sweet photograph, she wrote: 'True story: About nine years ago, not long after I'd come off the pill, we popped into Tesco to grab a few bits for a family picnic.

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