'I thought lump in my neck was from labour but it was cancer'

'I thought lump in my neck was from labour but it was cancer' View 2 Images

A new mum thought a lump on her neck had 'popped up' because she strained so hard during labour - only to discover it was stage four cancer. Natalie Casey gave birth to her baby boy on New Year's Eve and while everything was normal, she found it difficult to breathe in the gas pain relief.

Two days later, Natalie was shocked to see a lump in her neck which a midwife reportedly put down to straining during the birth. But when the lump became more noticeable after two weeks, the 30-year-old went to her GP and was put on a two-week cancer pathway.

The mum was horrified when she was diagnosed with stage four Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of blood cancer that starts in the lymphatic system. A CT scan revealed there we