![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/doctors-blamed-my-unborn-baby-for-leg-pain-but-now-im-facing-a-death-sentence/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/newspress-collage-20310105-1667475215102.jpg&description=BEING pregnant is hard going, and takes a huge toll on your body. So when Laura Elizabeth Mahon woke up at home and couldn't feel her toes, she put it down to being tired. Laura Elizabeth Mahon, 30, was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme late last year, while 20 weeks pregnantCredit: SWNS She had to give birth to little Sienna at just 30 weeks due to her diagnosisCredit: SWNS Laura is pictured above after having to have the tumour operated onCredit: SWNS But the next day she was unable to move her right leg and was struggling to walk. Laura, who was 29 at the time and 20 weeks pregnant, booked in to see her GP who thought her baby was just pressing against a nerve. However, an MRI scan revealed that she had a glioblastoma, a tumour that often has a survival time of just 12-18 months. The mum has now praised hit BBC show Eastenders for running a storyline which saw major character Lola Pearce reveal her own diagnosis. Doctors told Laura, who lives in St Helens, Merseyside, that the tumour had been there for years and had now started growing. She said: "It was such a shock. I was only 29 and didn't think something like this could happen to me." Due to the illness, Laura and her husband Danny, 29, had to make the tough decision to bring their daughter Sienna into the world at just 30 weeks. She weighed just 3.4lbs at birth on November 30 and was placed in an incubator and later developed a collapsed lung. The little girl had to receive specialised care and despite being unwell with her illness, mum Laura discharged herself to be with her. But on December 9, another MRI scan revealed that Laura's tumour had doubled in size. She was told it could not be operated on due to how close it was to be motor cortex. Then on December 22, the mum was given the results of her biopsy. She said: "Being told at 29 years old that you have inoperable stage 4 brain cancer and just two years to live is something you can never prepare yourself for. "Hearing that said out loud was a mom){kind=link}
BEING pregnant is hard going, and takes a huge toll on your body.
So when Laura Elizabeth Mahon woke up at home and couldn’t feel her toes, she put it down to being tired.
But the next day she was unable to move her right leg and was struggling to walk.
Laura, who was 29 at the time and 20 weeks pregnant, booked in to see her GP who thought her baby was just pressing against a nerve.
However, an MRI scan revealed that she had a glioblastoma, a tumour that often has a survival time of just 12-18 months.