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by Kate Pounds A woman lost her unborn baby and almost died after her toddler caught a rash-causing virus at nursery and passed it on. Farran Wilkins and her partner Robert West. from Gravesend, were expecting their first baby together but lost their unborn child at 25 weeks due to the virus. Farran’s daughter from a previous relationship, Maple, came home from nursery with fever, red cheeks, a runny nose and a rash, when the mum was 17 weeks pregnant in April. The three-year-old was later diagnosed with slapped cheek syndrome, also known as parvovirus. The illness mostly spreads through dropl…

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