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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Charlotte Hadfield & Adam Maidment

Devastation as young mum-to-be told she is dying at 20 weeks pregnant

A young mum-to-be has been left heartbroken after finding out she had an incurable brain tumour whilst 20 weeks pregnant.

Laura Elizabeth Mahon, 29, became concerned something was wrong when she woke up and couldn’t move her toes. “I didn’t think too much about it, after all I was pregnant and was feeling tired,” Laura explained.

"But things got worse the next day and I could no longer move my right leg and was struggling to walk. Over the following week, I was unable to feel much of my right leg.”

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