Five months into a pregnancy for a much wanted second child in 2024, Nicola Purdie found a lump in her right breast.
It is a nightmare scenario for anyone. But for Nicola this was not a new experience.
She had already had a double mastectomy, chemotherapy and breast reconstruction after being diagnosed with cancer in 2020.
But a radical idea which she suggested to her surgeon has led to what is believed to be a pioneering world first procedure - transplanting a healthy reconstructed breast to replace a cancerous one.
In September 2020, Nicola had just finished with breastfeeding her first child and was returning to work as a geography teacher in her home town of Swansea when she found a lump.
