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Mum thought brain tumour symptoms were because of pregnancy

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A mum has revealed how she was given the devastating diagnosis of a brain tumour only five weeks after giving birth. Lauren Champion, 31, first knew something was wrong in October 2021 while she was heavily pregnant with her third child.

Lauren said: “I had weird feelings of confusion, loss of muscle control down my right side, and loss of my peripheral vision in my right eye.

I just thought I was tired from having a new-born baby and slightly stressed from having a busy lifestyle.” Lauren, mum to Otto, four months, Margot, three, and Mischa, 10, booked an appointment with her GP for neurological checks and was referred to Royal Derby Hospital in October 2021.

However a month later in November, five weeks after giving birth to Otto, she suffered a tonic-clonic seizure. A tonic-clonic seizure is where the person loses consciousness, their body goes stiff and they fall to the floor with their limbs jerking.

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