34 h. ago Pregnant woman complains of tummy pain before ultrasound scan unveils alarming find

A pregnant woman was shocked to learn she had a cyst growing around her unborn baby - and it was only discovered after she complained of stomach pains and was sent for a scan

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37 h. ago Pregnant woman slams easyJet as she's turned away from flight in 'twisted' row

Irish folk singer Ceállach Reid shared a 'horrendous' experience she had with easyJet while travelling from Bristol to Belfast with her two-year-old son last week

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41 h. ago Scan picks up alarming discovery after pregnant woman complains of stomach pain

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. The mum visited a hospital at 34 weeks pregnant concerned about her symptoms.

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42 h. ago Suspect locked up for alleged crime spree faces murder charges after pregnant woman found dead in abandoned car

James ‘Jaime’ Benavidez, 50, is accused of murdering 32-year-old Keeley Koff

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44 h. ago Pregnant woman complains of stomach pains before scan uncovers alarming find

WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT. The expectant mum in question was 34 weeks pregnant when she went to a hospital concerned about her stomach pains

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3 d. ago Moment 'pickpocket' is grabbed by the hair by irate husband who 'spotted her stealing from his wife'... before 'thief' demands they free her because she's pregnant

The woman, who claims to be pregnant after being caught, is held by the hair and arms and stopped from 'stealing' the tourist's bag at Piazza di San Lorenzo, a square in Florence.

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3 d. ago Baby dies of whooping cough after pregnant woman was not vaccinated

Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam, UKHSA deputy director, says the death reminds everyone how ‘severe’ whooping cough can be for young babies

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5 d. ago Scheming woman cut open pregnant friend's body 'hip to hip' to steal her baby

A desperate woman spent months plotting about how to steal her pregnant friend's baby, and get away with it, with her extensive lies to the police seeing her dubbed an 'actress of the highest order'

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9 d. ago Spanish hotel 'salmonella outbreak' probe focuses on two lunchtime buffet meals after 100 tourists were struck down including heavily pregnant woman now in 'delicate' condition

The four-star Izan Cavanna Hotel in La Manga said it 'deeply regrets' what has happened and insisted it is doing 'everything it can' to resolve the situation.

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1 week ago Two years after a pregnant woman was found shot dead, police say they have arrested her killers

Robert Ervin, 20, Kayvon Warren, 30, and Lamar Morris Suggs, 22, are each charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of 26-year-old India Kinamore and her unborn child

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2 w. ago ‘Russia is targeting us deliberately’: how attacks on maternity hospitals fuelled a birth crisis in Ukraine

Women have been left fearful of childbirth after more than 80 attacks on maternity units since the invasion, leading to the world’s lowest birth rate and the highest mortality rateIt was one of the most horrifying targets of Russia’s war on Ukraine so far. Reports showed a pregnant woman on a stretcher, her face ashen with shock, legs smeared with blood and a hand holding her bump. Behind her, the bombed-out ruins of Mariupol’s maternity hospital. More than a dozen people, including women in labour, were injured in the attack in March 2022. The woman photographed, Iryna Kalinina, later died along with her unborn baby.In the three years since then, maternity care in Ukraine has remained under constant attack, with more than 2,000 strikes on medical facilities, including 81 affecting maternal care and delivery rooms. Just last month, Diana Koshyk, seven months pregnant, was killed when a missile struck a maternity hospital in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Russia is targeting us deliberately’: how attacks on maternity hospitals fuelled a birth

Women have been left fearful of childbirth after more than 80 attacks on maternity units since the invasion, leading to the world’s lowest birth rate and the highest mortality rateIt was one of the most horrifying targets of Russia’s war on Ukraine so far. Reports showed a pregnant woman on a stretcher, her face ashen with shock, legs smeared with blood and a hand holding her bump. Behind her, the bombed-out ruins of Mariupol’s maternity hospital. More than a dozen people, including women in labour, were injured in the attack in March 2022. The woman photographed, Iryna Kalinina, later died along with her unborn baby.In the three years since then, maternity care in Ukraine has remained under constant attack, with more than 2,000 strikes on medical facilities, including 81 affecting maternal care and delivery rooms. Just last month, Diana Koshyk, seven months pregnant, was killed when a missile struck a maternity hospital in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Disgusting comment an old woman made to me on the bus. Now I'm furious... why shouldn't I show off my pregnant stomach: FLORA GILL

That top doesn't really fit you any more, does it?', a lady on the bus said to me with a wry smile. Her words could have passed for friendly but there was palpable condemnation beneath them.

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2 w. ago 'I refused to give up bus seat for pregnant woman as it's not my responsibility'

A woman admitted she refused to give up her bus seat when a pregnant female got on board, but claims she had a good reason not to - and others agree with her

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2 w. ago 'I found out my husband got woman pregnant so blew £140k in Harrods revenge spree'

The Real Housewives of London has well and truly kicked off with a bang, introducing fans to a new batch of fabulously wealthy women who call the capital city home

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2 w. ago Woman horrified after pregnant friend choses 'intestinal' name for baby girl

People urged her to 'risk her friendship' with the mum-to-be in order to try to save the child from inevitable bullying.

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2 w. ago Shocking footage shows brothers joyriding moments before mowing down pregnant mum

Ashar Shahid, 23, and his 16-year-old brother Sam laughed and joked about mowing down the pregnant woman

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2 w. ago Shameless hit and run driver who killed pregnant woman's unborn baby jailed

Ashir Shahid, 20, crashed into pregnant Ranju Joseph as she walked across a pedestrian crossing in Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, badly injuring her and killing her unborn child

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2 w. ago Shameless killer who rapped about mowing down pregnant woman jailed for 13 years

His teenage brother who egged him on has also been jailed

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2 w. ago Moment kidnap gang drive off with pregnant woman as they threatened to cut off her fingers if her partner didn't hand over cash and jewellery

Audi Johnson, Ahmad Ghiasi, and Nicholas Mitchell bundled their victim, 36, who was six months pregnant, into a van outside her home in Enfield, north, on May 10 of last year.

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