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This week’s issue

Best mate had my hubby's baby

…But I’ll raise him!

My rapist was hiding INSIDE my bed

I pulled back my duvet and let out a scream. Something was hiding there - and it was the stuff of nightmares.

'I just want MY LIFE back'

I felt great after my operation, but then everything started to go badly wrong

Friend snatched my little girl & STABBED HER TO DEATH

I had no idea my 13-year-old daughter had a secret life online until I woke one morning to find her missing.

I caught my fella NAKED with his lover

I was looking after our newborn baby while my boyfriend visited his mum. Then my phone rang. And I got a terrible shock.

When MISTER MISTER met SISTER SISTER (and kissed her!)

I knew it would take someone special to win my heart. Then I found two of him.

My MIDWIFE had sex with my BABY'S DAD. I found out as I gave birth...

I’d just given birth to a little girl when I discovered a shocking secret about my midwife and my fella.

'He isn't going to SURVIVE'

My son’s heart was racing uncontrollably. And doctors told me to prepare myself for the worst

'Goodbye my mummy'

My niece Roxy had already lost her dad, and earlier this year, her mum told Take a Break about her own battle with cancer. Now I must share some news.