Inspirational mum-of-two who miscarried two babies and had to leave her job due to prenatal depression launches TWO successful theatre schools
BEING pregnant is meant to be one of the most special times in a woman’s life.
But for Kim Thursfield, 29, from Bromley, Kent, the experience was anything but rosy.
She was nominated for our Fabulous Mum of the Year competition by her best friend Sally Foster, 29, and is one of our incredible runner-ups. Here Kim shares her story…
I met my husband Matt, a sound engineer, in Madeira while working as a singer at a hotel. We’d been together for two years when he proposed, and we got married the year after, which was five years ago.
When I fell pregnant we were so happy and excited. At the time I was working in theatre marketing, but about four months into my pregnancy I began suffering with prenatal depression.
It had a massive impact on everything I was doing; it was a really horrible time. Most people say pregnancy’s amazing, but it was completely the opposite for me. I was consumed by worry and anxiety. I was so scared.
When I fell pregnant again, we were told I was expecting triplets. Matt nearly fell off the chair, and I cried because it was so overwhelming. The midwife said it was unusual as it had happened naturally. It took a while to sink in, but we excitedly started planning – we were going to move house, buy a new car, rethink work…
Then two months later I went for the next scan and was told the devastating news that I’d lost two of my babies. Matt was at work and I spoke to him on the phone and he cried, which he never, ever does. I think when you have a child already, and you know at a scan that they could have turned into little people, it’s even more upsetting.
It was a big shock because I thought, if anything, we might have just lost one, as one of the babies was a lot smaller. We’d told quite a few people as well, so it was really horrible having to explain what had happened.
Thankfully little Mila survived, but I suffered with smphysis pubis dysfunction (SPD) while I was carrying her. I could barely walk and had to use a walking stick. She was head down the entire time and it put pressure on the ligaments in my pelvis, it was really painful.
Being a mum changed my whole mind-set on working. That’s when I decided to start my own business. I began teaching singing in schools, and then I came across , a children's performing arts school with branches across London and the South East.
Yesterday we told how fellow Fabulous Mum of the Year runner-up Moira Scott, who went without her own bedroom for 20 years for the sake of her kids, has dedicated her life to caring for her mother with dementia.
We also reported how brave Stacey Mustill, 38, who woke up to find her husband dead at Christmas, has raised £26,000 and set up a charity in his memory.
The winner of the competition will be revealed on Mother’s Day tomorrow.