AN ‘inspirational’ breast cancer survivor from Winsford has seen her life turn around with a miraculous pregnancy and a best-selling book.

Sarah Pickles, 32, was given the all-clear last year after more than a year of battling breast cancer and has since seen her debut book reach best-seller status and a miracle baby on the way.

The Winsford mum said her husband, Dave, and her six-year-old daughter, Lily, were both desperate for a new addition to the family, but she was told by doctors that she would never conceive again after her treatment.

She is now preparing for the birth of her second child in June.

“I was shocked,” Sarah said. “I just couldn’t believe what I was hearing.

“It’s just the prefect way to end what had been not a great situation.

“I was so happy when I found out but at the same time concerned because I was told I had a shadow on my spine but I’ve had tests and they said it wasn’t cancerous.

“There is a high risk of returning breast cancer in the first two to three years and they don’t recommend getting pregnant because the cancer can feed off the hormones. But I have had lots of tests and my organs and everything are fine at the moment.

“Hopefully my story can give people a little bit of hope to hang on to in those times when it feels like nothing is going right.”

As well as the miraculous pregnancy, Sarah has just published the book that she has been tirelessly working on for the past two years and has been overwhelmed with the response.

The book, The Shock Factor: Sarah’s story - beating breast cancer one day at a time, was published on December 14, and within hours reached the top seller on Amazon in the breast cancer category.

The book aims to be a self-help book, giving tips to breast cancer sufferers and their families, through the first-hand experiences of Sarah, who wrote most of the book while going through her own treatment.

It has also received nothing but five-star reviews so far on Amazon with one reviewer describing the author as an ‘amazing lady and a true inspiration’.

Sarah said: “I’m just totally relieved because I have worked so hard on it over the past two years.

“There’s been times where I haven’t wanted to write when I’ve been going through treatment but I thought I have got to write it in these times because it’s got to have all the emotion in it.

“I set myself the goal to write the book and I said if it just helps one woman I have achieved what I set out to achieve.”