My name is Chevy and this is my NHS story. Over a couple of days I was getting quite intense pain on the left side of my stomach. So I called my doctors and then was referred to the Eltham CDC. It was literally a seamless, stress-free day. There was no anxiety or worry.

The government is opening new community diagnostic centers, with many already available 12 hours

a day, seven days a week, so the NHS can be there for all of us when we need it.

Find your closest one at gov.uk-slash-Nh-Hs Fit for the Future, available England-wide.

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Hello, hello. Welcome back to another episode of For the Girls. I'm your host, Victoria Percivali.

And today, we are talking about when motherhood really begins. And I want every girl to hear this, whether you are pregnant currently,

you already have kids like you are previously pregnant or whether you plan on one day becoming

pregnant because I think you should know this and I think that you should be prepared and

mentally prepared. And I think everyone should know what their like standards and boundaries are when it comes

to pregnancy and motherhood even before that season of their life arrives.

Okay.

We are going to get right into it right now.

This is so important to me right now because I really truly believe that motherhood

begins before the baby arrives.

It does not begin the day you give birth, okay?

It's not just a simple like, ta-da, like I gave birth and now starting today, I am a mom,

okay? Becoming a mother starts emotionally,

mentally, spiritually, even relationally, like all long before the day you give birth. I really wanted to do something on this topic specifically in honor of Mother's Day weekend. So of course,

like it's relevant at the moment, especially for all the girls who are pregnant with their first baby.

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