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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Neil Shaw & Alice Peacock

Woman, 21, 'looked pregnant' after mistaking football-sized cyst for a baby

A woman who mistook an ovarian cyst for a baby watched her stomach "grow and grow" each day before finally having it removed, along with her right ovary and fallopian tube.

Hollie Welham, 21, came to believe she must be expecting after she started feeling nauseous and noticed her stomach ‘growing’ in January this year

But when all the tests came back negative, Hollie was referred for an ultrasound as her symptoms continued to worsen - including severe cramps, bleeding, and back pain.

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