Giving birth is a big event for any woman, but for tiny Stacey Herald it is momentous – and extremely risky.

Doctors warned 2ft 4in Stacey off pregnancy. They said a baby would grow so large inside her body it would crush her organs, strangling her from the inside out.

But bravely she defied their warnings. And now the world’s smallest mum is just four weeks§ away from having baby number three – her first boy.

Stacey, 35, has osteogenesis imperfecta, which means she failed to grow.

She is only twice the size of daughters Kateri, three, and Makaya, two – both born by caesarean.

She needs a wheelchair to get around and relies on her 5ft 9in husband Will, a trainee priest, to do most things around the house.

Although Stacey admits being pregnant is “uncomfortable” and leaves her looking like a “beachball with a head and little feet”, she is looking forward to the latest addition.

And, after fearing she would never become a mum, she wouldn’t rule out the possibility of more.

Recalling her first pregnancy, Stacey, from Dry Ridge, Kentucky, said: “They all told me I’d die. They begged me not to have the baby…

“All my babies are miracles. They’re a great gift to the world. When I look at them I’m so full of love, it’s tough not to want more.” Source : cctv.com