Cancer in pregnancy: the uncertainty no mother should have to face
MAIR WALLROTH, 41, WITH HUSBAND PETER, MARTHA MAY, AND THEIR NEWBORN, MERLIN RAY CREDIT: IAN CAVENEY-
23 DECEMBER 2015
T
he death of baby Ally Louise Smith, delivered early so her mother could begin treatment for breast cancer, touched many this week.
Her mother, Heidi Loughlin, 32, based in Somerset, discovered she had a fast-spreading form of the disease when she was 13 weeks’ pregnant. Rejecting the option of a termination, which would have been necessary were she to undergo aggressive chemotherapy, she opted instead for a milder form of treatment.
