A young mum has told how a phantom pregnancy almost destroyed her dream of having a second child. Pretty Tracie Shannon was desperate to have another baby with her husband James, 25, but was devastated to learn the "bump" growing inside her was actually a kind of tumour. Having already endured two miscarriages in her quest to provide her first son Taylor, three, with a sibling to complete their little family, Tracie was overjoyed to learn she was pregnant again. But despite experiencing all the usual signs of pregnancy, from a swollen tummy to morning sickness, her hopes were crushed when she went for a scan at 11 weeks. Tracie, 26, from Cirencester, Gloucs, had been eager to see the first scan of her unborn child, but instead a "snowstorm" appeared on the ultrasound monitor
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A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
