Georgia was really nervous about meeting her boyfriend's three-year-old daughter for the first time.

Her boyfriend was too.

"I can remember the absolute nervous wreck that he was, but I also remember the sigh of relief once he saw us interact and get along so well," says the 28-year-old from Ipswich, west of Brisbane, reflecting on the meeting three years ago.

"She apparently had said to him, 'I love her. I want to take her home'."

Becoming a stepmother was off to a great start for Georgia, who asked we don't include her surname. But harder times were ahead.

She became pregnant a month later. And despite Georgia's stepdaughter loving her new baby brother, shortly after his birth she began to withdraw.

"It would just be little moments here and there. There were more comments about, 'Y

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