A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia. Kayleigh-Emma Shiel, 30, has always dreamed of becoming a mother, but suffers from tokophobia – a fear of childbirth. Her condition means that she is unable to conceive a child of her own as she is too terrified of pregnancy and the associated pain. Believing that adoption was her only chance of becoming a mother, Kayleigh and her fabricator husband Gary, 47, applied to adopt a child in January this year. But the couple, from Elland, West Yorkshire, were rejected partly due to Kayleigh’s unusual phobia.
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
FROM a HOLLYWOOD actress to the face of an innocent child, these are incredible drawings with an unlikely twist .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .