in another part of london. she and her mother had to create a story to explain her disappearance to her father. i used to meet my mother at wimbledon station, and she would come with paper and an envelope, and we d concoct this letter that i was working away from home in spain, and that i was having a good time, that i would be home soon. and take it back to my father, obviously took it out of the envelope. bless him, hejust thought it was true. thought you were away? yeah. this was in 1967, i was 16. i was really, really scared and ijust blotted the whole thing out, because apparently that s what teenagers do. diana defries was 16 when she became pregnant. for many young women like her, the shock of telling her family was soon followed by their first encounter with the state
abolition of discrimination. but ann, who later became an mp, says it wasn tjust social workers. she says nhs staff were also involved. she recalls a midwife who denied her pain relief as she was giving birth. when i asked for help, i wasn t given any help for pain. in fact, i was told i ll remember you will remember this so as you won t be wicked again, you bad girl, you won t be wicked again. and so.that was really, really difficult. 16 year old diana defries faced a similar experience in an nhs hospital. as somebody said, it s a girl, she said, this baby s flagged for adoption. i m.| ll take her away. and i can remember yelling and saying, please bring her back, bring her back. everybody left and i was lying there on my own, on this thing, covered with a sheet.um.
in spain and that i was having a good time, that i d be home soon, and take it back to my father, obviously took it out of the envelope. and, bless him, hejust thought.thought it was true. thought you were away. yeah. i was really, really scared and ijust blotted the whole thing out, because apparently that s what teenagers do. diana defries was 16 when she became pregnant. for many young women like her, the shock of telling her family was soon followed by their first encounter with the state in the form of a gp or a social worker. she spent a lot of time telling me things along the lines of
i was having a working away from home in spain and that i was having a good time, that i d be home soon, and take it back to my father, obviously took it out of the envelope. and, bless him, hejust thought.thought it was true. thought you were away. yeah. i was really, really scared and ijust blotted the whole thing out, because apparently that s what teenagers do. diana defries was 16 when she became pregnant. for many young women like her, the shock of telling her family was soon followed by their first encounter with the state in the form of a gp or a social worker. she spent a lot of time telling me
and we went shopping. we went shopping. i loved her so much. i still love her. i m her mum! diana defries is also haunted by the last time she saw her baby. i was holding her right up until the point where a woman came out, a woman in a white coat came out, said, it s time. and the woman spun around and said, say bye bye. and, interestingly, as i started to buckle, my daughter started to howl. and she cried all the way out of the room. i remember that noise.