Being a mother is the most amazing feeling for women. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. But imagine if one has to choose between her life and the life which isn’t into existence yet.

A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that pregnant cancer women can now be treated without harming their babies.

In the study, 128 children were examined whose mothers suffered from cancer and were undergoing chemotherapy. But development of children in early childhood wasn’t affected with the treatment.

Sweetenham, Executive Medical Director of the Huntsman Cancer Center, said the awareness is already there that high risks are associated with pregnant cancer women because of which pregnancies are often terminated in such cases.

In past 10-15 years, there has been assurance on the safety of pregnant cancer women. But a question still remains what happens to the kids in long run?

Lierd, a pregnant cancer woman, has two healthy kids. She got to know about her ovarian cancer when she was 7 months pregnant, and decided to take oral chemotherapy towards the end of the pregnancy. After the birth of the child, a nurse visited to check whether the baby is having any side effects of the drug or not. But the baby was having none.

The second time when she was pregnant, she was suffering from cervical cancer. But once again she revived and has a two-year-old healthy baby.

“Being able to fight a cancer that gives us a bleak future if we don't fight it, it gives us the opportunity to have a future, and to see a future with our kid, and to be there for them just as much as we want them there”, said Leird.
"What do we do at 7 months pregnant with a positive screening for cancer?" asked Lierd.

"I didn't know if we were actually going to have a baby at the end of it, or if it was just going to be more pain," Lierd said.