Her daughters, too, spent weeks in neonatal intensive care with a condition that affects their early development. Instead, I spent those hours of labour writing and researching for a career I would never get back. I wasn’t allowed to stay with Mabel, as there were no beds for mums on that floor of the hospital. Rebecca (pictured next to her daughter) said: 'Watching Mabel now, I don’t regret giving up my career for a second. When I meet men who already have children, I listen closely to how they talk about the mother of those children.
Source: Daily Mail January 22, 2026 15:12 UTC