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Liverpool Echo
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Harrison Moore & Alan Weston

Mum's breast cancer found at 18 weeks pregnant forcing her to deliver baby early

A mum diagnosed with breast cancer says she would have never have noticed the cyst on her breast - if she didn't get pregnant.

Hayley Cragg, 34, was 18 weeks' pregnant when she noticed a cancerous lump on her breast - leading to her having it removed a few weeks later. She underwent three rounds of chemotherapy while pregnant with son Louie, who was then delivered premature to give both him and his mother the best chance of survival.

Thankfully he was born perfectly healthy in February this year and the operation to remove Hayley's cancer has so far been a success.

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