Help us fight for Lily's Mum

Louise and Craig have allowed us to set up this page to help support them. Their hope; she lives long enough for their baby Lily to have real memories of her.

It costs a lot, the treatment, treatment of side effects, life with a baby, mum with cancer and dad with a full-on job. And family at the other side of the world, Northern Ireland and England. Her story is below in her own words.

Hearing “you’ve got cancer” isn’t something you are ever prepared for.

Hearing “it’s incurable” is immediate total numbness.

Not just for me, but for my Craig and our beautiful daughter Lily.

They are my world, and I can’t help but grieve for a future that will be stolen from us.

Last April, when I was 11 weeks pregnant, I found a lump and was diagnosed with breast cancer which shifted to stage 4 after it spread to my liver and bones.

My medical team came up with a plan that included treatment for me while ensuring Lily was safe.

We welcomed Lily Lesley-Anne - named after my mum and Craig’s mum, both of whom we have lost to cancer – in September, two months early.

For a few months the drugs seemed to be working.

But last month that changed.

My last CT scan revealed my existing tumours had grown and new ones. That came with a shocking dose of reality.

Me sharing our story comes with no expectations; but we are so thankful for the offer of help.

My biggest driver is to survive long enough for Lily to remember me.

I live in hope we can achieve that.