When you discover you're pregnant, it can cause a wave of emotions.
You usually find out after a few weeks that you're carrying a baby and that sets off a months-long countdown until you give birth.
In that time, you get to prepare your home and your life for the arrival of your child.
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However, a teenager had a very different experience to finding out she was expecting.
When Faye White's water broke, she assumed it was a urine infection.
The 19-year-old had 'no baby bump' and still had her regular periods throughout the pregnancy.
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"I didn't have to buy any new clothes. I had no sickness. I had a bit of acid reflux but I get that when I'm not pregnant anyway. I wasn't having any pain," she explained.
She'd done six pregnancy tests that had all come up negative, so she carried on like she would if she wasn't expecting a child.
The mum-of-three drank, smoked and even jumped on a bouncy castle because she thought she was in the clear.
White said she and her partner were using the 'pull-out' method because they didn't want another child, however they weren't using condoms or birth control.
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"I knew there was an element of risk," she said.
However, you can imagine her surprise when she woke up one morning 'to a giant gush of water'.
"At first I didn't really think anything of it except that maybe it's a urine infection and I'll call the doctors when they open," she said.
"My waters went around 8.20. Around 20 minutes later, the contractions started and obviously having two previous births I knew what contractions were.
"I called my mum-in-law and said 'I need to go to the hospital, I'm in pain'.
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"I was in shock - all I was doing was screaming. I was so confused.
"I went to the toilet because I felt this really bad pressure and there was something coming out. I waddled back into my bedroom and it turned out it was her foot. I ended up calling an ambulance.
"My mum-in-law said she could see a foot hanging out. It had literally plopped out. I was in full blown labour.
"From the moment of my waters breaking to having her was two hours, it was so quick."
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Luna was born at 37 weeks.
The baby was rushed to a neonatal intensive care unit at Broomfield Hospital after experiencing complications.
Faye is mother to her new baby Luna, as well as her first child Brody-Chase. She tragically lost her second child, Kenzo-Rayne at the 18 week pregnancy mark.
"Luna was a little rainbow and cryptic pregnancy, breech delivery as well, she defied the odds," Faye said.
"What's she's gone through, she's doing brilliantly. Now I can't imagine life without her. I like my life hectic, and she definitely keeps it hectic!"
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