At 16 weeks pregnant, Saoirse Macfarlane developed a number of blood cancer symptoms, which were put down to a change in her body's hormones.
The East Belfast woman noticed swollen lymph nodes in her neck, night sweats which would leave her saturated, and an itch which took over her body. It became so bad, her skin would break and bleed with the chronic itching.
But it was only at her four week post-natal review with a health visitor, that she says she felt listened to, after having flagged symptoms for months.
