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Natalie from Stafford gave birth to her second baby in February 2020, just five weeks before the UK went in to the first lockdown, while Michelle, who's also from Stafford was heavily pregnant at the time.

Michelle admits she had to get her head around the possibility of birthing alone when her daughter was due in May, something she says caused her more anxiety than anything else. For Natalie, even being a second time mum, lockdown meant she struggled to get the help she thought her newborn needed, which ended in calls to 999 and trips to A&E.

Both feel like they've missed out on so much with their little ones because of COVID, and that know one else will ever really understand what they went through without mum and baby groups and baby changing!

You can hear the full Lockdown Babies series on 大象传媒 Radio Stoke and 大象传媒 Sounds.