Leanne Fraser, 31, had a sudden "excruciating" pain following an emergency Caesarean section with her son, Henry, at York Hospital.
The mum-of-one, from Malton, couldn’t speak for five minutes before her voice returned - which was initially put down to a reaction to anaesthetic.
But in the following weeks Leanne’s speech became stuttered and she began having spasms.
She was referred to a neurologist and was diagnosed with functional neurological disorder (FND) – a condition where there is a problem with how the brain sends and receives signals.
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