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By Joseph Gamp A mum-to-be was diagnosed with cancer at five months pregnant \- when what she believed to be extreme morning sickness actually turned out to be a symptom of the disease. Caitlin McAlinden, 24, put her symptoms – including a golf ball-sized lump on her neck, nausea and fatigue – down to morning sickness. However, after she lost two stone in four months she was referred to a haematology team at Arrowe Park, the Wirral. There, doctors gave her a neck biopsy and sadly diagnosed her with stage one Hodgkin lymphoma in March 2024. Caitlin is expected to make a full recovery but is req…