When Rosie Higgs was told her son would be born with no legs and just one arm with a webbed hand she never doubted she would keep him.
And as her “perfect” 11-month-old Henry gurgles with delight playing with his rubber bath toys she knows it is the “best decision” she has ever made.
Rosie, 29, discovered at her 20-week scan that her unborn son was likely to have Amniotic Band Syndrome – where strands in the womb entangle a baby’s limbs and inhibit proper growth.
Given the huge physical challenges he would face, family and friends questioned whether she should terminate the pregnancy. But mum-of-three Rosie, of Harrow, North London, was sure.
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