A mother-to-be was horrified when a surgical pin popped out of her pregnant bump.
Kelly Donegan, 26, who's due to give birth in six weeks' time, had experienced a needling sensation on the left side of her stomach but was assured there was nothing to worry about.
But one day she looked down to see the pin poking through her skin just inches away from her unborn baby. She realised it must have been left inside her three years ago during an operation.
Ms Donegan had noticed a tiny bump on top of the bigger baby bump and mentioned it to her doctor.
'He said it was nothing to worry about' she said.
'It must have been inside me since 2009, when I had my appendix removed.
My stomach is getting bigger and bigger and all the pressure must have forced it out.'
Even though Kelly is in pain, doctors cannot remove the pin until she has given birth.
'They can't even do an X-ray to see how much of the thing is inside me because X-rays are dangerous for pregnant women,' the mother of three said.
