Pregnant Cancer Patients Face Pressure to End Pregnancy, Yet Outcomes Vary
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Two pregnant women with ovarian cancer shared support, but one survived while the other died before her child turned two.
Two pregnant women diagnosed with ovarian cancer formed a close support network early in the specialist’s career.
They often met for coffee with their newborns and compared wigs after losing hair from chemotherapy.
One of the women was expecting twins; she is still alive today.
The other woman did not survive past her child’s second birthday.
When the surviving mother was asked why she lived while her friend died, she responded, “Why did she die and I am still alive?”
