Unexpected Journey: Mother of Two Mistakenly Believes She’s Pregnant, Discovers Deadly Tumor Instead
Mother of two, Lauren Knowles, from Scotland, recently experienced something no one should have to endure, as reported by The Daily Mail.
At first glance, the mother was ecstatic about her pregnancy, but after 7 weeks, she began feeling very unwell.
“After I started bleeding, I had further tests when I was seven weeks pregnant,” Lauren told The Daily Mail.
She was sent to the hospital for an ultrasound. That’s when she received the devastating news.
The 27-year-old mother of two was experiencing what doctors referred to as a “molar pregnancy.” A molar pregnancy occurs when there is an additional set of chromosomes from the father in the fertilized egg.
This issue can occur at conception, transforming into a growing mass of cysts where the placenta should be.
To make matters worse, the cysts were malignant.
“The tumor in my uterus was growing the same way a baby grows,” Lauren told The Daily Mail. “The same hormones were being produced and my pregnancy tests always came back positive.”
Continued Growth
Doctors began removing the cancerous tissue, and Lauren had to undergo chemotherapy, leading to complete hair loss.
Unfortunately, the tumor was growing at a concerning rate.
One day, after severe and painful cramps, Lauren ‘gave birth’ to a cancer mass in the toilet.
“I lost all my hair, and 3 months after the treatment, I gave birth to the mass in one of the hospital toilets,” she told The Daily Mail. The mass was the size of a 17-week-old baby, so it was a significant tumor to deliver without assistance.
But once it was over, the mother was relieved: “I was so relieved to see the tumor flush down the toilet, my misery was finally over.”
The tumor was the size of a pear, and when it came out, Lauren was understandably overjoyed as her whole body was finally cancer-free.
Although doctors warned her of the dangers of getting pregnant again in the future, she decided to take her chances.
She was advised to wait at least a year before having children. Lauren listened to the doctors, and a year later, she was pregnant with her daughter, Indi, who is now 10 months old.
“Throughout my whole pregnancy, I was terrified that I would encounter the same thing again,” she told Daily Mail. “So I couldn’t enjoy the feeling of carrying a child.”
But when she and Trent saw a beating heart at her first ultrasound, they couldn’t hold back the tears.
The couple’s daughter, Indi, was born five weeks early via a cesarean section. The little girl entered the world healthy and well. The family is grateful that everything went smoothly.
Little Indi is a beacon of light and happiness! The joyful family has relocated and now resides in Perth, Australia.
Lauren now hopes that her story can give others hope, even in the direst situations, to still make the impossible possible.
She must truly be a strong mother after overcoming such an ordeal. What an incredible and extraordinary story.
Please share her story to inform others about these types of pregnancies, and to wish this family all the best in the future.
