Hannah Evans and her husband Chris had been trying for baby for months.

They wanted to give their five-year-old son Rhydian a sibling but the couple had experienced a miscarriage a few months previously.

They were delighted at the thought of having another child and distraught when after months of pregnancy symptoms a blood test revealed that Hannah actually had brain tumour.

When the 33-year-old from Woolston began to experience what she thought were pregnancy symptoms two years ago, she was overjoyed.

She was experiencing painful leaking breasts, extreme tiredness as well as missing periods – all of the pregnancy indications she had experienced with her first-born.

After a series of negative pregnancy tests, Hannah decided to visit her GP.

Doctors assured her that the negative tests could be due to a low hormone level but the mother of one was not convinced and after several weeks, she asked her doctor for a blood test which would give a clear pregnancy result but the test revealed potentially cancerous cells.

Hannah said: “We had experienced a miscarriage a few months earlier and were trying again for a sibling for Rhydian.

“I was thrilled when I started getting symptoms again but was confused when every pregnancy test I did came back as negative.

"I would never have dreamt that the symptoms could be down to brain tumour.”

Following the diagnosis of a brain tumour Hannah had to wait six months for a scan due to high demand to find out if the tumour was cancerous.

“I don’t remember much about that six months – I guess it was my way of coping. You can imagine the relief Chris and I felt when we were told it was benign,” she said.

Despite being told that the tumour was not harmful, Hannah was informed that she had a higher risk of forming other types of cancers and that if the tumour grew, she could become partially sighted. The last diagnosis was to be the most devastating.

Doctors then told her that she was highly unlikely to conceive any more children.

The senior spa consultant said: “I was totally gutted. I felt like a failure as woman, failure as a wife and a failure as a mum.

"I couldn’t even give my son the sibling he kept asking for. I felt like my whole world was on hold and everyone was moving forward except for me.

"My body was useless and I was worthless.”

One year ago Hannah decided something had to change. She decided to focus on her fitness and health. She joined a gym, hired a personal trainer and lost four stone.

“I had spent the 20 months feeling worthless, eating and drinking rubbish, wallowing and completely focused on what I wanted but couldn’t seem to have.

"I was the fattest and unhealthiest I had ever been in my life. In my mind I wanted to be the strongest, healthiest and fittest I could possibly be,” she said.

This month Hannah completed 10K Monster race and she will be taking on the notoriously difficult Tough Guy assault course in January.

So far the mother has raised over £1,463.00 for The Brain Tumour Charity.

The charity’s director of fundraising, Geraldine Pipping said: “Hannah is an inspiration and we are so grateful to her for raising awareness and funds.

“The charity receives no government funding and rely 100 per cent on voluntary donations, so it’s only through the efforts of Hannah and others like her that we can work towards our twin goals of doubling survival and halving the harm caused by brain tumours.

“Brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of children and people under 40 in the UK and survival rates have not improved significantly over the last 40 years. We need to change that.”

To donate go to: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/H-Evans3