'I was told my pain was from my contraceptive coil - now I have months left to live'

A mum who was told her contraceptive coil was causing her pain has learned she has terminal cancer.

Emma Rice, 32, first started experiencing symptoms back in February 2021 when she began bleeding heavily from her vagina and had discomfort.

A doctor first believed her contraceptive coil - a T-shaped device inserted into the uterus to prevent pregnancy - had become dislodged.

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However, scans have since revealed the devastating truth - with the mum, from Liverpool, diagnosed with stage-four terminal ovarian cancer in January this year.

Despite undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy, the cancer has spread and Emma was told she had around a year to live.

With potentially just months left, the community rallied round to throw Emma and her childhood sweetheart Dava the perfect wedding on April 29.

Dava, a warehouse operator, said: “It was the best time of my life. My heart hasn't moved past that day - I'm still living it now. She finally got the day she deserved.

"We couldn't have done it all without Louise's help - she was incredible and we're so grateful.”

Emma's best friend, Louise Bell, 29, helped organise "the perfect wedding day" with local businesses donating the venue, cake, cars, DJ, and photographer for free.

Emma has since gone into St John's Hospice, at Clatterbridge Hospital, Wirral, where she is regularly being visited by Dava and their three kids David Jr, 11, Keeley-Mae, 10, and six-year-old Ariela.

Emma, who worked as a sunbed shop manager, added: "The wedding day lived up to my expectations and went beyond what I thought was possible. I felt like a princess on the day."

Emma and Dava first met as teens through