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‘But I’m not pregnant!’

Dimitty Bonnett, 29

Grimacing as I turned over in bed, I positioned the pillow between my knees.

My hip was painful and the soft bulk of the pillow was the only thing which eased the discomfort.

I told my sisters, Alysia, then 32, and Oakleigh, then 26, about my reliance on the pillow. Both of them were exercise physiologists.

They winked at me and said, ‘You’re pregnant.’

‘No way, ’ I shook my head firmly.

But they persisted, and, in the end, I took a pregnancy test just

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