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ABERGAVENNY, Wales, Feb 18, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A woman in Wales who had been scheduled for a hysterectomy gave birth to a "miracle" after eight years of fruitless attempts to conceive.
Natasha Hill-Cannon of Ebbw Vale told the BBC that she was annoyed when the operation was postponed because of a positive pregnancy test. She was convinced that this was just another false alarm, but three hours later an ultrasound confirmed the test result.
Last August, seven months after the cancelled operation, Hill-Cannon delivered her son with less than half an hour in labor.
"Henry is doing extremely well," she said, speaking publicly about her son for the first time. "We think he truly is a miracle and have to pinch ourselves every day to make sure we are not dreaming."
Doctors at the hospital in Abergavenny say that drugs Hill-Cannon was given to thin the lining of her uterus probably helped her become pregnant. The operation had been scheduled because she and her husband had given up hope of having a child and she was suffering from painful endometriosis.
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