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CORNFLOUR gave me a baby!

Ashleigh Lilley, 28, Christchurch, NZ

Picking up the glass, I sculled the white mixture.

That’ll tide me over for a bit, I thought.

Aged 15, I was drinking my usual combo of cornflour and lemonade.

Born with a rare condition called glycogen storage disease (GSD) type 1B, I was missing a crucial enzyme in my liver that makes and stores fuel from carbohydrates.

When I was three, my sister Megan was born and also diagnosed with it.

It meant

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