A keen netball player, Lynsey Gregory was used to taking tumbles and getting bruises all over her body.
But when huge purple marks on her arms and legs wouldn’t go away, worried family members urged her to get them checked out – leading to a diagnosis that would change her life forever.
Mum-of-two Lynsey, from the Winstanley area of Wigan, had just given birth to her daughter Tilly when the strange injuries appeared on her body.