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Jess Quinn shares insights into navigating pregnancy in a differently abled body.

Social media content creator Jess Quinn lost her leg to cancer when she was eight. An advocate for both people with disabilities and women with endometriosis, the 31-year-old former product designer turned influencer lives in Auckland with her husband, software engineer Todd, and their spoodle, Scout. They are all super-excited to meet their baby girl – despite having some fears and concerns about what pregnancy would bring.

The journey to conceiving

“I wasn’t sure what would happen when we started trying for a baby, but I had always had really painful periods and when I finished my cancer treatment, they had said they weren’t sure what my fertility or possibility of having children would be like,” says Jess. “I always had in the back of my mind that it could be difficult.” Six months into trying to conceive, Jess had exploratory surgery for endometriosis, which was discovered and removed – and four months later…

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