08 November 2023 , 11:57
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A mum who was told she would never be able to fall pregnant naturally has revealed her shock when she was told she had conceived twins.
Hannah Hill was rushed to hospital at the age of just 18 after a sudden seizure, where she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.
She endured 30 sessions of intense radiotherapy, followed by seven months of chemotherapy at The Christie NHS hospital in Manchester. During treatment, she was given the heartbreaking news that she would not be able to have her own children naturally due to the damage to her pituitary gland.
Four years after her diagnosis in 2007, Hannah was told that she was pregnant - with twins (The Christie)
Hannah is now the proud mother of Thomas and daughter Alice, both aged 8 years old (The Christie)It almost shattered her lifelong dream of being a mum, and 36-year-old Hannah told Manchester Evening News: "Although when growing up all I wanted was to be a mum; being told at 19 I couldn’t get pregnant naturally was not my priority - beating this horrible cancer was, But as I grew a little older, and the cancer was at bay, being a mum was at the forefront of my mind again."
But four years after her diagnosis, Hannah was told that she was pregnant - with twins. Hannah said she 'cried with happiness' when she saw the scan, and recalled: "I remember the scan well, there was a trained midwife, that was practising scanning and a consultant training her. They explained to me, before the scan, that they would leave the room to discuss the findings and then come and tell us the results.
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"She began to scan me, looking at the screen and at each other, we feared the worse, I was not supposed to get pregnant, so a happy scan was not expected. They left the room and entered back within seconds. The midwife said ‘So, Hannah and Mike, here is heartbeat one…and here is heartbeat two! My husband almost fainted and I cried with happiness."
Against the odds, Hannah is now the proud mother of twins - a son Thomas and daughter Alice, both aged 8 years old. The mum wants to thank the hospital staff who saved her life and allowed her to become a mother by raising much-needed funds for The Christie Charity, and the Wigan-based family will be taking part in the charity's Festive Dash in Manchester's Heaton Park to raise money for the hospital.
Lindsey Farthing from The Christie Charity said: “Hannah’s story is incredibly inspiring. It really highlights the importance of the work of The Christie hospital and the role The Christie Charity plays in ensuring patients are offered the very best and latest cancer treatments. We’re delighted that Hannah and her family will be joining us for our Festive Dash. It promises to be a fantastic event!”