Cancer may have spread in Mum who lost baby after premature birth
Police officer Heidi Loughlin was three months pregnant when she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive inflammatory breast cancer.
She was offered an abortion by doctors who told Heidi she should start life-saving treatment immediately.
Heidi put her own life at risk and delayed the super-strong chemotherapy in favour of a less effective treatment which would not harm the baby.
But after she received the news that the medicine was not working and she needed to start stronger drugs, she had a c-section on December 11.
Heidi has kept a blogthroughout her battle with cancer.
It's here she publicly announced the discovery of nodules on her lungs. A sign that the cancer might have spread.
She explains how she's able to carry on fighting -
I can almost see myself swimming in the wake of a ship wreck. The rescue boat is up ahead and I'm making my way towards it. As I drag myself through the icy dark waters I see some of my possessions scattered around me, I grab onto as much of it as I can carry under one arm while I paddle with the other.
I feel exhausted and feel that I'm fighting an impossible battle as wave after wave forces me back. Sometimes it occurs to me that if I just gave in and slipped below the water then this would all be over and I could rest.
Then Ally's pink hat floats by and I grab that piece of fabric like its a fucking life raft. I look to the rescue boat and I see Taits little hand waving at me and Noah shouting "come on mummy, you can do it".
Then there's the Scouse one who projects absolute calm but the trained eye can see the lump in his throat as he shouts "keep going".
I look even closer and I can see the boat is rammed full of people all shouting my name. My friends, my family members, the Drs, people from my town and complete strangers and there, right at the front in the most beautiful white dress, is Ally.
"Come on mummy. We love you. Don't give up."
Sometimes I really want to but I just focus on the boat and I swim.