Mum says her baby son saved her life after “detecting” her breast cancer

A British mum has hailed her baby son a hero after he helped alert her to her rare breast cancer.

Little Teddy began refusing to feed from Sarah Boyle's right breast at about six months old and became "very distressed"

The 26-year-old told the BBC that his unusual behaviour convinced her to get her breast rescanned.

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She'd been told a cyst that was previously found was benign but Teddy's ongoing distress made her question the diagnoses.

The young mum from Staffordshire is now being treated for grade two triple negative breast cancer and is halfway through her chemotherapy.

She will also have a double mastectomy and reconstruction. She says Teddy saved her life:

"Nobody can say for certain whether it was Teddy, but I know that if it wasn't for him then this time next year it could've been completely different if I'd listened to doctors, but instead I listened to Teddy. It's because of him that I'm now being treated."