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Shelly Has A Baby
Television (Full Length) – 1996
My doctor almost shouted, 'Don't -- just don't,' when I asked if I could have children. He said it would be life-threatening for me. A year later, I walked, or rather wheeled, into his office and told him I was pregnant. I think I aged him 10 years in one second.
– Shelly West (Waikato Times, 23 Mar 2002)
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