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    HAVING A BABY MADE MY SKIN FALL OFF!

    Aug 13, 2020 3 minutes
    As told to Kathryn Lewsey

    Nicole Preece, 34, Mornington Peninsula, Vic

    Holding my newborn baby, Scarlett, I could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

    ‘I’m so glad you’re both okay,’ my partner Russell cried.

    With a bad reaction to the anaesthetic and a three-hour caesarean, it had been an extremely traumatic birth.

    ‘I thought I was going to die,’ I shakily admitted to Russell.

    Peering down at our gorgeous girl, I knew it had been worth it.

    Then, I noticed my hands and feet felt itchy.

    Scratching my hands, I

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