Amy Dowden surrounded herself with her loved ones as she celebrated her nephew Jacob’s first birthday on Sunday after announcing her breast cancer diagnosis this week.

The Strictly Come Dancing professional, 32, took to Instagram to give her fans a glimpse at the time she spent with her family, with the star holding her brother’s son Jacob in her arms.

Twinkle-toed star Amy could be seen wearing a white top with a plunging neckline and a colourful floral design on the sleeve.

Sharing a number of pictures of herself and Jacob as he played with his toy car gift, she captioned her post: ‘Our darling nephew Jacob is 1! Got him his first set of wheels. But he’s more impressed with soaking his outfit with his outdoor rain forest water table! We love you Jacob! Happy first birthday party darling.’

This week Amy revealed she found a lump in her breast the day before going on her honeymoon with husband Ben Jones in April.

Family: Amy Dowden, 32, surrounded herself with her loved ones as she celebrated her nephew Jacob's first birthday on Sunday after announcing her breast cancer diagnosis

Family: Amy Dowden, 32, surrounded herself with her loved ones as she celebrated her nephew Jacob's first birthday on Sunday after announcing her breast cancer diagnosis

Family: Amy Dowden, 32, surrounded herself with her loved ones as she celebrated her nephew Jacob’s first birthday on Sunday after announcing her breast cancer diagnosis

Heartbreaking news: This week Strictly Come Dancing's Amy revealed she found a lump in her breast the day before going on her honeymoon with husband Ben Jones in April (pictured in January)

Heartbreaking news: This week Strictly Come Dancing's Amy revealed she found a lump in her breast the day before going on her honeymoon with husband Ben Jones in April (pictured in January)

Heartbreaking news: This week Strictly Come Dancing’s Amy revealed she found a lump in her breast the day before going on her honeymoon with husband Ben Jones in April (pictured in January)

Memories: Amy took to Instagram to give her fans a glimpse at the time she spent with her family, with the star holding her brother's son Jacob in her arms

Memories: Amy took to Instagram to give her fans a glimpse at the time she spent with her family, with the star holding her brother's son Jacob in her arms

Memories: Amy took to Instagram to give her fans a glimpse at the time she spent with her family, with the star holding her brother’s son Jacob in her arms

The professional dancer shared her diagnosis on Instagram and discussed whether she can rejoin the BBC show for its new series later this year.

Amy wrote: ‘Hey all, I’ve got some news which isn’t easy to share. I’ve recently been diagnosed with breast cancer but I’m determined to get back on that dance floor before you know it. Welsh love Amy.’

The dancer has battled gut condition Crohn’s disease since she was a child and said she has already been through ‘quite a lot’ in her life with health struggles.

She told Hello! Magazine: ‘You just don’t ever think it’s going to happen to you. I hadn’t thought it was possible to get breast cancer at my age. My mum has had breast cancer, but she had it at a later age, in her 50s.’

Amy said it was taking part in the CoppaTrek! walk last June in support of breast health awareness charity CoppaFeel! that led her to discover her own cancer.

She realised that she doesn’t ‘check her breasts’ and then made a conscious effort to check herself, saying CoppaFeel! has ‘potentially saved her life’.

‘I don’t know how long this lump could have been there before I would have noticed and done something about it,’ she added.

Amy said she found a lump in her right breast in April, a day before she and her husband flew to the Maldives for a belated honeymoon after their wedding last July.

Gifts: Amy and her husband Ben Jones could be seen standing alongside each other as Jacob wore the clothes they had given him for his first birthday

Gifts: Amy and her husband Ben Jones could be seen standing alongside each other as Jacob wore the clothes they had given him for his first birthday

Gifts: Amy and her husband Ben Jones could be seen standing alongside each other as Jacob wore the clothes they had given him for his first birthday

Look of love: Amy looked adoringly at Jacob as she held him in her arms while standing in the garden at the family party

Look of love: Amy looked adoringly at Jacob as she held him in her arms while standing in the garden at the family party

Look of love: Amy looked adoringly at Jacob as she held him in her arms while standing in the garden at the family party

On the move: Sharing a number of pictures of herself and Jacob as he played with his toy car gift, she captioned her post: 'Our darling nephew Jacob is 1! Got him his first set of wheels'

On the move: Sharing a number of pictures of herself and Jacob as he played with his toy car gift, she captioned her post: 'Our darling nephew Jacob is 1! Got him his first set of wheels'

On the move: Sharing a number of pictures of herself and Jacob as he played with his toy car gift, she captioned her post: ‘Our darling nephew Jacob is 1! Got him his first set of wheels’

The dancer said she was ‘in shock’ and decided to keep an eye on the lump, before going to the doctor when the lump grew on her return home.

She was immediately sent for an emergency referral, where she was told the lump looked ‘suspicious’ and to ‘prepare for the worst’.

After a biopsy, Amy was told she had grade three breast cancer, saying her first question was when she could get back on the dance floor.

Grade three cancer is when the cells look very different to normal breast cells and tend to spread more quickly. The grade describes how a cancer cell looks under a microscope.

It is different to a cancer stage, which describes the size of the cancer and how far it has spread. Amy is yet to find out what stage of cancer she has.

Amy said her cancer has been caught ‘early’ and she is now waiting for more information before she is given a full treatment plan, which will include surgery.

Health: The Strictly Come Dancing professional, 32, took to her Instagram Stories to share her health update, saying she is 'determined' to get back on the dance floor

Health: The Strictly Come Dancing professional, 32, took to her Instagram Stories to share her health update, saying she is 'determined' to get back on the dance floor

Health: The Strictly Come Dancing professional, 32, took to her Instagram Stories to share her health update, saying she is ‘determined’ to get back on the dance floor

She is waiting for an MRI scan and a biopsy after medics found a second lump in her right breast, and she will be given a full prognosis after that step.

The talented dancer took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a throwback picture performing on Strictly last year as she shared her hopes at getting back on the dancefloor.

She penned: ‘The feeling performing is like no other! The emotion, excitement, adrenalin and I can’t wait for it for it again. It feeds my souls!

‘Thank u for every single comment and message today! It means so much to me and my incredible family I’m so lucky to be surrounded by! Thank you [sic].’

Candid: Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy shared a moving post this week after being diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 32

Candid: Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy shared a moving post this week after being diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 32

Candid: Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy shared a moving post this week after being diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 32

Speaking out: The dancer took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a throwback picture performing on Strictly last year as she shared her hopes at getting back on the dancefloor

Speaking out: The dancer took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a throwback picture performing on Strictly last year as she shared her hopes at getting back on the dancefloor

Speaking out: The dancer took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a throwback picture performing on Strictly last year as she shared her hopes at getting back on the dancefloor

The post – which was shared as it emerged Strictly bosses won’t be seeking to replace her on the upcoming series – was particularly poignant due to the picture’s original caption.

The picture had first been shared in February and showed Amy performing alongside child dancers Luca Ivanets and Pebble-Rose Spratt during last year’s Blackpool Week.

She had captioned the snap at the time: ‘Your [sic] allowed days where you feel down but I always try to remember how far I’ve come, how I’m living the dream and I’ve got so much more to give.

‘I would go back and tell my younger self so much right now and today I need to remind myself this! Thanks for all the love guys! #beingpostive #thankyou #whatwouldyoutellyouryoungerself #keepdreaming #throwbacktoaveryspecialtime.’

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