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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Iona Young & Ryan Merrifield

Baby boy has rare condition which means his mum has to hold him the entire day

A mum has to hold her baby son all day and move him every hour as he sleeps.

Charlene Stewart's baby Blake is paralysed from the waist down due to a rare neurological condition causing defects in the spinal cord.

The 34-year-old, from Fauldhouse, West Lothian, was told that terminating her pregnancy was an option when doctors discovered her unborn child had spina bifida at just 16 weeks.

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