A mother who “ignored” a pea-sized lump for nearly eight months before plucking up the courage to phone her GP has said she believes being diagnosed with breast cancer during her pregnancy “saved” her – and she is now expecting her second child who is due next month.
After falling pregnant and later noticing “disturbing” brown-coloured discharge leaking from her right nipple, Sarah ended up calling and visiting her GP on August 5 2020. Reflecting on her journey, she said: “When Oscar was born, I just couldn’t believe how healthy he was and how he just looked like a normal baby.
After discovering the lump in January 2020, she put it to the back of her mind and continually made “excuses” not to tell anyone, but her pregnancy changed everything. She was then referred to Borders General Hospital for further tests and assessments on August 20 at 19 weeks pregnant. “I didn’t know what might or might not happen with me, or the baby, or the labour – I had no idea what that looked like,” she said.
“I journaled to almost talk to the baby, explaining what we were doing and what was happening, just in case I wasn’t here,” she explained. After finishing her radiotherapy on June 17, which made her feel fatigued and nauseous, Sarah was then given the all clear in August – and now, she is pregnant with her second child.