Article: Baby joy for swine flu death fear mum Woman flown to Sweden to save her life has a boy

A SCOTS woman who was at the centre of a swine flu life-or-death scare has given birth to a healthy baby boy.

And today proud mum Sharon Pentleton and her "wee miracle" were doing well at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock after she gave birth by caesarean section.

Her baby joy comes after Sharon, 27, was flown to Sweden for lifesaving treatment after being struck down with swine flu when six months' pregnant.

A family friend said:

"Sharon and her new son appear fit and well and the nurses are happy with things.

"There was some tension because of everything she's been through but the doctors were confident and everything has worked out."

Sharon, who lives in Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, with ...

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