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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Rebecca Cooley & Rosaleen Fenton

Mum allergic to her own baby left covered in agonising blisters and welts

A mum has told how she suffered an incredibly rare 'allergic reaction' – to her own baby.

Fiona Hooker, 32, developed an itchy rash on her stomach at 31 weeks pregnant, while carrying her son Barney.

Doctors initially offered her steroid creams to combat the itch - but she was left with incredibly painful blisters after giving birth that made it painful to hold her baby.

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