Young woman, 22, thought she was pregnant... but the truth was devastating

A young woman who thought she was pregnant after her stomach unexpectedly became rounder was hit with a devastating diagnosis.

Summer Edwards, 22, went from a size six to a size 10 'in a matter of weeks' and believed she might be pregnant in 2020, but her GP reassured her it was most likely constipation.

After trying strong doses of laxatives and having two catheters fitted, nothing improved, and she was eventually diagnosed with an ovarian cyst which doctors were able to remove successfully.

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But tragically, doctors then found an extremely rare 19cm by 17cm tumour and Summer was diagnosed with stage one ovarian cancer, the PA news agency reports.

Summer had keyhole surgery to remove it, which was a success, but she also found out she had a rare gene, DICER1, which meant she was more susceptible to other types of cancer.

Six members of her family have since been diagnosed with the gene, including her 16-year-old cousin who now has lung cancer, but Summer says she is a "fighter."

Since Summer, who is from Bristol, was diagnosed with cancer she has been training as a student nurse at the University of West England - something she always wanted to do.

She had previously been working in a hospital as a healthcare assistant in May 2020, when she began to notice her stomach was getting rounder, but put it down to eating extra treats at work.

"My mum was convinced I was pregnant, and I began to believe it, but I took a pregnancy test and it came back negative," she said.

"I went from a size six to size 10 in a matter of weeks, and one day I was in the garden in a bikini and my mum said that she thought something was really