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Emmie Norton & Liam Buckler

Mum's pregnancy saves her life as huge mass found in her chest after she gives birth

A woman has revealed how pregnancy saved her life when doctors found a huge mass in her chest - just seven days after giving birth.

Brittany Locker, 34, from St. Charles, Missouri, had given birth to daughter Liv on August 4, 2022, but was left stunned when an MRI scan showed a huge mass compressing the right side of her heart.

She revealed how doctors told her that if she hadn't been pregnant, her heart would have begun "malfunctioning", eventually leading to her death.

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