Stirring from my slumber, I felt my long hair tickling my chest.
It was 3am, and still half-asleep, I went to push it away with the palm of my hand. But then I felt something strange.
What’s that? I thought, suddenly awake.
It felt like a lump on my left breast. Grabbing it with my fingers, I realised it was the size of a Kinder Egg.
Jumping out of bed, I ran to the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror.
As I stared at my reflection, everything around me went blurry.
What the hell is that? I panicked.
But then my fight or flight kicked in.
There’s nothing I can do now, I told myself, getting into bed. I’ll phone the doctor first thing.
Somehow, I managed to drift off back to sleep.
But waking up the next morning, as I got breakfast ready for my girls – Emily, then three, and Olivia, 11 months