Heidi Loughlin: Cancer mum wins award for blog
A mother with breast cancer who delayed chemotherapy to give birth to her daughter has won an award for her blog.
Heidi Loughlin, who's from Portishead, was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer when she was pregnant.
Since then she's been writing a humorous blog on her battle with the disease.
Last night she won Writer of the Year at the national MAD (Mum and Dad) Blog Awards in London last night.>She initially began writing her blog to keep family and friends up to date with her treatment but the blog, has since gone viral.
Social media platforms lit up with people sending in their congratulatory wishes.
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