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.
WELCOME to the drawing room that is home to the £100K world’s greatest collection of Margaret Thatcher autographed objects .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
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A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .