A devastated mother has spoken about the heartbreaking moment she had to choose between her life or her unborn baby's life after being diagnosed with cancer.

Sophia Yasin, 29, was merely 15 weeks into her pregnancy when what she believed were typical pregnancy symptoms turned out to be pre mediastinal B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma - a particularly aggressive cancer.

"The pregnancy was happy but unexpected surprise," Sophia, from Middlesbrough, said. "It was a great time as I was married and now I was building a family.

"Everything was ok until a few weeks after I took the test and started being sick, having night sweats and other issues.

"I asked my mum and other people about the symptoms but they had all just told me that it was normal pregnancy things and it would soon get better.",

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