WOMAN DISCOVERS PREGNANCY…AS HER BABY BEGINS CROWNING

A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps'. First-time mum Amanda Jessup was in complete shock when she was told by A&E staff that not only was she pregnant, but her baby was crowning. The 23-year-old from Folkestone, Kent, had thought nothing of gaining two stone in four months.

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