โ ๏ธ In 2022, a UK mum at 31 weeks pregnant suddenly became allergic to her own baby.
It started with unbearable itching on her belly, then hours later her entire body exploded in red spots and huge painful blisters.
Her skin literally peeled off in agony.
Fiona was in so much pain she couldnโt even hold her newborn son, Barney.
Diagnosis: Pemphigoid Gestationis - an ultra-rare autoimmune disease (1 in 50,000 pregnancies) where her immune system mistook the babyโs placental proteins as invaders and attacked her own skin.
Thankfully, after heavy steroids she recovered and is now living happily with young Barney.
But with a 50% chance of it returning in future pregnancies Fiona has taken the difficult decision: no more kids.