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Laura Connor & Ashlie Blakey

Man City and Lioness star opens up on premature baby trauma just weeks before winning Euros

Lioness and Manchester City star Demi Stokes has told of her trauma after her baby son arrived prematurely just weeks before the Euros.

The defender became the first mum in her Manchester City team when her fiancée Katie Harrington gave birth to their son in May. But she said their joy was tinged with fear, when their son Harlen arrived six weeks early.

She said the situation 'went from zero to 100 very quickly' as Katie had pre-eclampsia, and little 'miracle' Harlen - who weighed just 5lbs - was put straight into an incubator. The England champ, 30, told the Mirror : "Katie went to the hospital with really high blood pressure and severe preeclampsia.

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