(BBC)
After Debbie Balino gave birth to her first child, she and her husband looked forward to a future with a large family. It was something they had always dreamed of.
But as they prepared for the arrival of their second daughter the problems began.
"I lost Victoria at 21 weeks in 2013," remembers Debbie.
That was her first miscarriage, but she went on to experience eight more over the next five years.
"I was torn apart and put through the wringer," she says.
Doctors couldn't work out why Debbie was having these problems after her initial healthy birth. About 3,000 Canadian women experience stillbirth every year and it's reckoned that 15-20% of pregnancies result in miscarriage - but to suffer nine in a row is exceptional.
Five of the babies were lost in the first trimester of pregnancy and four in the second.
Amid all the emotional turmoil Debbie and her family were experiencing, some poignant and very practical questions reared their head.
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