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After suffering 18 miscarriages, Angie Baker never dreamed that her 19th pregnancy would be successful.

But thanks to a pioneering treatment, she is a mum to 10-week-old daughter Raiya.

“She’s my little miracle. I can’t explain how I feel. I’m overwhelmed. It seems like a dream and I still have to pinch myself. She’s perfect in every way,” she told British media this week.

Miss Baker, 33, from Peacehaven near Brighton, had her miscarriages over 13 years.

However, after the 17th miscarriage a friend read a newspaper article about Dr Hassan Shehata’s work at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust in Surrey, England.

Miss Baker was referred to him and a test found she was suffering from high levels of a subtype of white blood cell, a problem for 15 per cent of women.

These cells were mistaking the foetus for a foreign body and attacking it.

Dr Shehata’s treated her using steroids. His approach is pioneering because it starts before conception and the doses used are higher.

Miss Baker became pregnant for an 18th time but it was then discovered she was diabetic, and the high sugar levels caused by the steroids resulted in another miscarriage.

However, Dr Shehata was able to adjust her levels of insulin and the next pregnancy was successful. Raiya was born on December 9, weighing 7lb.

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