A week ago, I had to use the last of my wages to fund the trip from Plymouth to Southampton hospital to be able to get the diagnosis for my unborn child. She will be born with complete AVSD and possibly something wrong with her left chamber in heart. In January I have to make a further trip up to Southampton for them to decide if she is able to cope with being born in the local hospital down here or my labour will be up there under specialist care. Eventually when she is born, she will have to have open heart surgery at some point depending on how critical it is for her to survive.This will lead to me and parents being up there for 2/3 weeks when surgery is carried out making extra loss in wages.

Due to it being Christmas and being part of a large family and also a single mum, the cost travelling up etc and prospects of extra overnight stays is a strain on finances. My dad is also losing wages for having to drive me to and from Southampton as the cheapest way to get there. I would just like to reach out for a little help due to not claiming any benefits at moment I'm unable to reclaim my travel costs from the NHS help to travel scheme