A mum who lost her ability to speak following a c-section has managed to relearn the skill by singing Peter Andre’s ‘Mysterious Girl’ in her head.
Leanne Fraser, 31, experienced sudden and excruciating pain after her emergency c-section with her two-year-old son, Henry. Initially, doctors attributed her temporary loss of speech to a reaction to anaesthetic.
However, as weeks passed, Leanne’s speech became stuttered and she began experiencing spasms. She was referred to a neurologist and diagnosed with functional neurological disorder (FND), a condition characterised by problems with how the brain sends and receives signals. The exact cause of FND remains unknown.
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Leanne discovered a unique way to regain her speech when she overheard her son listening to ‘Mysterious Girl’ by Peter Andre. Singing the song in her head helped her speak fluidly to her husband Jake Fraser, 36, who is also her carer.
Leanne, a former personal assistant from Malton, North Yorkshire, now uses songs constantly to aid her speech, although she still struggles with other symptoms such as fatigue, mobility issues and tremors. She said: “I had a severe speech impediment for 18 months.
“Doctors said I might not be able to speak like me again. Henry was listening to songs on YouTube and Peter Andre’s Mysterious Girl came on.
“I started singing it in my head and spoke to Jake. He said: ‘OMG you didn’t stutter’.”
“It’s amazing having my speech back. I’m grateful to Peter Andre.”
Leanne underwent an emergency c-section when her son Henry’s heart rate began to plummet on 8 November 2021. She recalled: “They got Henry out safely. Then I had a sudden excruciating pain.”
“It felt like my skull was crushing in on itself. I couldn’t talk at all. All I could do was nod. It was for five minutes then it went back to normal.”
“It was incredibly scary.”
After being discharged that day, Leanne noticed her speech beginning to deteriorate. She explained: “My speech became worse and worse.”
“I started having spasms.”
Three days later, she returned to York hospital for an MRI and CT scan – both of which came back normal, and she was sent home.
However, persistent symptoms led Leanne to consult a neurologist a few weeks later in November 2021, where she was diagnosed with FND.
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