Cancer-ridden mum dies after doctors dismiss symptoms as ‘breastfeeding’ pain

A mother-of-three has lost her battle with cancer, a disease doctors once dismissed as "breastfeeding pain".

Louise Gleadell was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016 and was later told it had spread.

Doctors told Gleadell the cancer was incurable because it had affected too much of her body.

Gleadell, who lived in the UK, believed she had lost valuable time to treat the illness because her pain was initially blamed on "post-natal symptoms".

The 38-year-old has three children - Joseph, 13, Mateo, 11 and Jude, two.

Gleadell told The Sun last year medical staff didn't take her symptoms seriously, saying, "The doctors kept saying to me, ‘Oh it’s because you’re breastfeeding…Baby is waking up in the night, you’re not getting as much sleep".

"Eventually they did blood tests and when I rang up to ask if they’d had the results they said it was all fine. They just said my calcium was a bit low.

"He also looked at my cervix several times and told me that looked normal when there was a great big tumour on it."

She had forked out around $365,000 at a clinic in Germany, hoping to prolong her life to spend the remaining time with her boys.

Tragically, Gleadell passed away on Saturday surrounded by her family.

In a statement released on Facebook, representatives for Gleadell said, "Our beautiful Louise passed away peacefully this morning surrounded by love.

"We are eternally grateful for all the love and support you all gave us over the last 2 years.

"Louise never ever gave up the fight - she did everything she possibly could to be here for as long as possible for her three boys.

"She is at peace now, and free from all the pain and suffering."