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“Our Christian faith is very important to us so we asked them to pray for us.”

Just three weeks after Eva’s birth, Gwen had surgery to remove the lump in her breast and started chemotherapy soon after.

When tests revealed Gwen carried the faulty BRCA 2 gene, giving her a greatly increased risk of further breast cancer and ovarian cancer, she underwent preventative surgery to minimise the likelihood of getting the disease again.

She said: “I had always known I had a strong family history of breast cancer – my mum, gran and two aunts all had the disease and got through it – so I had always planned to go for genetic testing but was waiting until after I had my family. I thought I had time to wait but I didn’t.

“As a result of my breast cancer, my sisters, Inga and Beth, underwent genetic testing too and it turned out all three of us had the BRCA 2 gene. We all had double mastectomies within four months of each other. It was quite a time for our parents.”

Gwen says her two young daughters and husband kept her strong during the year of her cancer treatment and repeated surgeries.

She said: “Being given a cancer diagnosis when you’ve got a newborn baby and two-year-old is far from easy.

“But doing all the things I needed to do for them – feeding them, playing with them and going to the park – helped me Tic Tickets are now on sale for the Breast Ca Cancer Care Scotland Fashion Show, wh which will be held at the Hilton Hotel, Glasgow, on October 26.

TheT charity are celebrating 15 years of the show, which this year takes place during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For tickets or more information, email TheShowScotland @breastcancercare.org.uk or call 0345 077 1892.