article_snippet.sent: A young mother has spoken of A young mother fear that A young mother could die at any moment due to a rare heart condition that should have killed A young mother at the age of three.
article_snippet.sent: But A young mother defied medical predictions and now, aged 24,
article_snippet.sent: This is despite being warned that each pregnancy could have placed so much extra strain on A young mother heart that A young mother would die.
article_snippet.sent: Due to their daughter uncertain life expectancy, Bethany wore a heart monitor to school and went for regular check-ups.
article_snippet.sent: Bethany still has to go for an ultrasound scan every six months to check Bethany heart health.
article_snippet.sent: Doctors warned being pregnant could have placed a fatal amount of strain on Bethany heart - but once again, Bethany defied the odds .
article_snippet.sent: Thankfully, I never became a mum heart condition is not genetic, so there was little chance of I never became a mum passing her heart condition onto I never became a mum children.
article_snippet.sent: Thankfully, her heart condition is not genetic, so there was little chance of her passing it onto her children .
article_snippet.sent: However there are constant reminders of her heart condition.
article_snippet.sent: June Davidson, Senior Cardiac Nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: 'Years of research has helped to dramatically improve survival rates for babies born with congenital heart defects from a position where very few babies survived to one where almost all do.' '
article_snippet.sent: However, more research is needed to better understand the longer term consequences of living with congenital heart disease so we can further improve the quality of more people's lives.'