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Lydia Patrick & Chiara Fiorillo

Mum ignored medical advice to terminate pregnancy and had baby who defied all odds

A mum who ignored medical advice to terminate her pregnancy has given birth to a baby daughter who has defied all odds.

Nursery assistant Katie White, 24, had a completely normal pregnancy up until she reached 20 weeks.

When the woman had an ultrasound scan at Mercy Hospital, St Louis, Missouri, however, a specialist doctor diagnosed her baby with hydrocephalus, defined by the NHS as a build-up of fluid in the brain.

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