Michelle Heaton, 35, carries the BRCA2 gene, which gives her a 40 per cent chance of getting ovarian cancer.

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The Liberty X singer previously underwent a double mastectomy, as the gene increases the possibility of breast cancer, and has revealed that she is finding it tougher to make a decision about a hysterectomy.

However the mum-of-two has revealed that she recently had an ovarian cancer scare.

She said: "Over the last month or so I've been experiencing things that you get when you're pregnant, like bloating, cramps and bleeding.

"I went in for a scan and it came back that I had fibroids [a non-cancerous tumour around the womb]."

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When asked whether it crossed her mind that the symptoms may have been ovarian cancer, the 35-year-old said: "Absolutely. Every day I would think that it might be cancer.

"If I get a lump or something, I always think, is that it now?

"It is inevitable that you think like that when you carry the cancer gene."

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Michelle is mum to daughter Faith, 2, and son Aaron, five-months, and it’s because of them that she is having the operation; to ensure she’s around to watch them grow up.

She has said in the past: “Every time I look at my kids, I know why I’m doing this [the hysterectomy]… so I’m around and there’s no risk of ever leaving them without a mum.”

And the busy mum has definitely met some milestones with her little ones this week, as daughter Faith just enjoyed her first full day at school.

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Michelle tweeted: "Faiths first full day pre-school-Stood at door waving shedding a tear-She couldn't give 2 hoots, ran straight 2dolls house #missindependent"

And, despite still having baby AJ at home with her, the proud mum revealed that her son is a "great napper", giving her time to rest.

Isn't he a cutie?