Faith Richmond and her partner, Tom Noble, 30, were overjoyed in August 2024 when they found out they were expecting a baby - but things quickly took a turn for the worse. At around six weeks, they underwent a private viability scan, which confirmed a healthy pregnancy with a detectable heartbeat, and "everything seemed fine". Their 12-week NHS scan revealed no abnormalities, and the genetic screening results came back clear. However, at 15 weeks during a private gender scan, they learned they