'I gave birth 9 weeks early for urgent cancer treatment - now I won't live past Christmas'

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Amy Carroll had already beaten breast cancer when she was found to have tumours on her brain

A mum who gave birth to her baby nine weeks early to begin urgent cancer treatment has been told she won't live past Christmas. Amy Carroll, 35, was diagnosed with stage four brain cancer while pregnant, and had to have an emergency c-section when she was almost 31 weeks pregnant.

Arlo Atlas Sirus was born weighing 4lb 2oz and is well and home. But now, four months after giving birth, Amy has been told her cancer has spread further and, despite starting on new medication, the doctors have given the young mum the devastating news that she is unlikely to live past Christmas.

Amy, a support worker and mindset coach, from Great Addington, Northamptonshire: "I've now got 16 masses on my brain, advanced stage 4 incurable metastatic breast cancer, widespread brain metastases, widespread bone metastases, lymph node metastases, and gastrointestinal syndrome.

"They've even found spots of cancer on my liver, but it's still functioning. It's also between my chest bone and my lung, that's got bigger. Basically it's everywhere. When they showed me the PET scan, it's just everywhere."

The mum-of-four discovered she had breast cancer in 2021 after getting cosmetic surgery on her breasts following breast feeding. she said: "That was when I noticed the little lump that turned out to be breast cancer. I ended up having chemotherapy, radiotherapy and eight different surgeries."

Once Amy recovered from the breast cancer, she fell pregnant with baby boy, Arlo. Amy said: "This pregnancy saved my life because I didn’t realise I was ill.

"After my breast cancer treatment, I was told I could never have kids so this baby is a miracle. At the start of my pregnancy, I started to feel unwell and was diagnosed with gestational diabetes for the first time ever.

"I was feeling a bit dizzy and faint but thought it was a side effect of the diabetes and tried to shake it off. Then my partner woke up to me having a seizure and an ambulance rushed me to hospital, I don’t remember any of that.

Amy had an…

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