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00:06 My name is Ruth. I live in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
00:10 I got pregnant at 14 and was very scared,
00:16 planned an abortion,
00:20 and just couldn't go through with it.
00:26 I just didn't know, I didn't know what was going to happen.
00:29 I didn't want to be on the dole with a child.
00:32 I just always wanted more than that.
00:35 It is literally the best thing ever.
00:37 I was so scared, I was so scared when she told me.
00:41 I just thought, no, it's not happening.
00:45 I was scared to tell my mum.
00:48 But, just again, it couldn't have worked out any better at all.
00:54 She's a lovely mother and I love being a grandma, definitely.
00:59 I get to look after her and play with her and then get to go to bed at night.
01:04 Because I've done it and I'm not doing it again.
01:07 But, yeah, definitely, it's just great.
01:10 I love them when they come round and we meet up in town.
01:13 It's just made my little family a little bit bigger.
01:18 I think the best thing about being a grandma is that everyone says,
01:22 "No, you're not."
01:24 That's actually the best thing I'm like, "Yeah, I am."
01:28 So, maybe that's the best thing, actually.
01:30 I'm probably just holding her.
01:33 I can't wait for her to talk and have secret conversations
01:37 and take her out for secret outings and take her to the fun fair and the circus
01:43 and just do everything.
01:44 I just want to do everything with her. I do.
01:47 I like it. It's not challenging.
01:50 People said to me that it would be challenging and I was like, "It's not."
01:54 I find it's just an extra few things that add to my routine,
01:57 like getting a dress, giving her a bottle and changing a bottle.
02:01 It's just normal life for me.
02:03 And you love playing with her. You play with her all the time.
02:06 Yeah, I get to giggle every day.
02:09 And I like to organise all her clothes.
02:11 She's very good.
02:13 Take your shoes off.
02:15 Put your socks on.
02:17 What's this?
02:21 Are you bouncing?
02:23 Are you bouncing?
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