Woman's Day Magazine NZ

Cornflour girl’s miracle I’M HAVING A BABY!

Looking down at her burgeoning baby bump, Ashleigh Lilley can’t help but beam.

“I just never, ever thought this would be possible,” says the mum-to-be, tears sparkling in her eyes. “Doctors told me that 2020 would be the year that I might die, and now it’s become the year I’ll give birth!”

In 2015, doctors estimated the Christchurch-born 26-year-old had just five years to live. Along with her younger sister Megan, 23, Ashleigh is one of only four people in New Zealand to suffer from the potentially

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