AN expectant mum suffered crippling contractions lasting a gruelling two months, due to complications from a rare condition. Debbie Mills, 24, fell pregnant despite having to cope with agonising nerve condition CRPS, for which she takes painkillers. But, as baby Owen grew inside her, doctors told her it would be too dangerous to him if she kept taking her medication. She came off the pain relief, but 28 weeks into the pregnancy she started having severe stomach pains, which were diagnosed as contractions – and they continued until Owen was born – at 37 weeks.
THIS UNUSUAL collaboration between a mother and her two-year-old daughter makes for some stunning works of art .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl .
WOMB STROKE SURVIVOR AMAZES DOCS BY TAKING FIRST STEPS - A little girl who suffered a catastrophic stroke in the womb which would have killed an adult has stunned the medical world by learning to walk, talk and see .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
A woman who left a fellow nightclubber needing plastic surgery after savagely biting her on the hand because she was hungry, has been spared prison .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .