Amy Carroll Gave Birth 9 Weeks Early; Cancer Now Incurable
Amy Carroll, 35, from Northamptonshire, had an emergency c-section in July 2026 so doctors could treat brain tumors found in pregnancy. Four months on, she says the cancer has spread and doctors have told her she is unlikely to live past Christmas.
Amy Carroll, 35, a support worker and mindset coach from Great Addington, Northamptonshire, gave birth 9 weeks early in July 2026 so she could start urgent cancer treatment, and doctors have now told her she is unlikely to live past Christmas.
She was diagnosed with stage four brain cancer while pregnant. Doctors delivered her son, Arlo Atlas Sirus, by emergency c-section at 31 weeks. He weighed 4lb 2oz.
Arlo is now four months old, well and at home. Amy said he weighs 15lb 2oz. "He's a right chunk," she said.
Cancer found after a seizure
Amy had beaten breast cancer once. She discovered it in 2021 after cosmetic breast surgery and went through chemotherapy, radiotherapy and eight operations. She had been told she could never have children.
During her pregnancy she felt dizzy and faint and was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Then her partner, Torrin Sirus, woke to find her having a seizure. An ambulance took her to hospital.
"Within a couple of days, they told me the cancer had come back and there were seven masses on my brain," she said. She added that the pregnancy "saved my life because I didn't realise I was ill."
Spread wider than expected
When doctors prepared to begin chemotherapy after the birth, they found the cancer had spread further than first thought. After months of scans and blood tests, Amy was told earlier in November that it had reached her bones, chest, liver, breast, lymph nodes and brain.
She described the diagnosis as "16 masses on my brain, advanced stage 4 incurable metastatic breast cancer, widespread brain metastases, widespread bone metastases, lymph node metastases, and gastrointestinal syndrome."
"Basically it's everywhere," she said of the PET scan. "When they showed me the PET scan, it's just everywhere."
She is a mother of four. "I'm literally fighting for my life and living every day," she said. "I'm not going to die, I will be there for my kids."
Doctors have started her on new medication that they hope will help, and she is also receiving bone injections. The cancer is in her pelvis and spine, and she said she is struggling to walk.
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