Several months into discovering she was expecting a second child, Sarah Wilson should have been cherishing the joys of pregnancy.
But a string of bizarre symptoms were casting a shadow over her happy moments – leaving the mum fearing there was something sinister happening beneath the surface.
Sarah, from Stalybridge, was 27 and six months pregnant when she observed a change in her health. READ MORE: 'An awful moment at a soft play area with my baby told me I needed to change' The self-employed hairdresser suddenly noticed a numbness in her cheek and her balance felt off.
She also struggled to hear anyone through her left ear and began experiencing tinnitus. Sarah, now 38, visited her doctor who said her symptoms were likely down to pregnancy but referred her to the ear nose and throat department.
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