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Tea, cake and carnage

When Rana Elasmar sat down with her two friends in the corner of a cosy cafe, she only had one thing on her mind…

Dessert!

It was the Sydney coffee bar’s speciality, after all.

And sweet treats are often not far from the thoughts of women who are nine months pregnant.

That, and a last catch-up with precious friends before the baby arrived.

It was November 2019, and 32-year-old Rana was weeks from giving birth.

The primary-school teacher and her

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