Business is blooming for inspirational Lanarkshire's Laura as she empowers other mums through friendship

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A Lanarkshire mum, whose longed-for son was the first baby to be born at Wishaw General through a gentle, natural new method of Caesarean section delivery, has launched the first service of its kind to empower mums through friendship.Motherhood inspired Laura Heron to create Blossom & Bloom Lanarkshire – a social network designed to ease the pressure and strain on mums and mums-to-be by tackling isolation and promoting mental health and wellbeing.Laura and husband Dave, who tried for several years to start a family, had their hopes of becoming parents dashed by polycystic ovary syndrome (POS) – a common condition that affects how a woman’s ovaries function.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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