Emma Murphy - a well-known "healthy mums" blogger - last night uploaded a video to her Facebook account recalling the times she alleges her ex-partner had physically and mentally abused her.
In the video, Emma talks about the past "love of her life" and how she found out he was cheating on her in 2014. Later in that same year, she was contacted by the woman whom her partner was having an affair with, and was told that she was pregnant with his baby. This caused Emma to go into early labour because of the stress, but still she forgave him, giving him another chance and carrying on in her relationship.
Later she found out that he had started cheating on her again with somebody else, and when she confronted him and threw his phone, he punched her in the face. She says that this is not the first time he has physically assaulted her, previously splitting her head open and giving her a black eye in the past.
Since the abuse, Ms Murphy has left the relationship and now describes herself as a single mother. She shares the video in the hopes that anyone who sees it that may be in a similar situation to hers can find the courage to get away "from anything that's as unhealthy as violence".
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