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A woman enjoying lunch outside at a popular east-side restaurant had her purse snatched from underneath her seat, and her car was stolen less than an hour later.The woman, who's eight months pregnant, was having lunch outside at Thai-Namite on Brady Street with a friend on Aug. 29 when a man came running up behind her.VIDEO: Purse stolen from woman at east side restaurant; thieves later steal car"Some guy pulled up and another guy hopped out and grabbed my purse--I didn't realize exactly what was happening," she said.WISN 12 News reporter Christina Palladino spoke with a soon-to-be first-time mother from Milwaukee, who wanted her identity to be disguised. But she was eager to get a message out to other women."My only warning to other women is to not carry everything in your purse," she said.She has learned that the people who took her purse were already in a stolen vehicle. They ditched that and took off in her new car that she just finished paying off."I had just had two baby showers. I had a lot of money in my purse, gift cards and a lot of belongings that I don't typically have," she said.Less than 48 hours later, her car was recovered in a hit-and-run crash near 16th Street and Meinecke Avenue.The car was trashed, and her baby gifts were either used or gone."They must have had a baby in the car at some point because there was two of the bottles that I had in the car. One was empty and used, and the other one was half full," she said.Now she's out thousands of dollars and her sense of security is gone all before she welcomes her first child next month."It's been very stressful (which is) something I didn't need at eight months pregnant," she said.The owners of Thai-Namite told WISN 12 News the same group of guys came back recently looking to do the same thing here but were not successful.Other restaurants have also had similar incidents.Police have not yet made any arrests.