Katie Underhill, 26, Warwick
Pottering about our bedroom, I noticed my partner Dean across the room, fidgeting and nervous.
We’d been out for a meal and, 26-weeks pregnant, we were back home getting ready for bed.
Suddenly, Dean, then 22, was down on one knee, presenting me with a gorgeous silver ring, with a solitaire diamond.
‘Marry me?’ he asked.
I beamed, my hands flying to my bump.
‘Yes!’ I said, thrilled. ‘We’ll have our own little ring bearer page, too.’
Such a special moment.
But our future was more uncertain than it looked.
It was March 2019, and a month earlier, we’d found out that our unborn son was seriously ill.
A ‘shadow’ had been detected on the scan, further tests revealed serious heart problems.
The valves at the…
