Mum warned she could die from rare disease if she gets pregnant again

Rebecca had her two children 17 years apart (Picture: Rebecca Smith/SWNS)

A mum-of-two has a rare disease which means she’s at risk of heart failure if she has a third baby.

Rebecca Smith, 35, has peripartum cardiomyopathy, which affects the heart in the last trimester of pregnancy or shortly after giving birth.

This was missed by doctors when she was pregnant with her first son, Nathan, who she gave birth to in 2007, as doctors told her she had anxiety.

She made a full recovery after the illness was discovered...