At the age of 31 Jennifer Rennie received her shocking cancer diagnosis and shortly afterwards was told she may never be able to have children.
It was devastating news for the contracts engineer from Inverurie in Aberdeenshire who thought she had nothing more than a persistent cough.
After antibiotics failed to work, x-rays and scans revealed a mass growing on her right lung but it was not diagnosed as cancer until she had an operation in September 2010.
As a keen runner and snowboarder who had never smoked and had no family history of the disease, she was stunned to find out that she had stage four Hodgkin lymphoma.
She said: “I was in complete shock – I didn’t know what to expect and felt emotional about what was going to happen but I knew I had to fight it.”
Her diagnosis also came at an early stage in her relationship with her then boyfriend Scott, who she had been dating for less than a year.
She said: “I had a bit of a fear about how the person I had just started dating was going to cope with something like that, it was quite difficult but he’s a pretty amazing guy.
“I was worried about how we would deal with the side effects of cancer and how it would affect our relationship.”
But there was no need for concern as halfway through her chemotherapy treatment Mr Rennie, 34, proposed on a trip to Manchester.
They were married at Ardoe House Hotel on South Deeside Road, Aberdeen, on November 19, 2011.
Mrs Rennie had always wanted to be a mother but did not know whether her fertility had been affected by the chemotherapy so the newlyweds were delighted when they were told they were expecting a baby.
Nicole was born on September 6, 2012. On Mothering Sunday, Mrs Rennie will be taking part in the Courage on the Catwalk event organised by the charity Friends of Anchor.
She said: “I absolutely love being a mum, it’s the best job in the world and every day with Nicole is a reminder of how lucky I am to have her here.”
The fundraising fashion show features 24 women who have faced their own battles with cancer, and will take place at Aberdeen Beach Ballroom on Sunday, March 30.
Proceeds will go towards Friends of Anchor, which supports patients in the Anchor (Aberdeen North Centre for Haematology, Oncology and Radiotherapy) unit at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
Donations to Mrs Rennie’s fundraising efforts can be made online at https://runningsponsorme.org/Jennifer-Rennie