chemotherapy while pregnant

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kkaykkat
kkaykkat Member Posts: 6
edited November 2016 in Just Diagnosed

hi just dropping by to find members who underwent chemo while pregnant and if it is safe?

me and MO are now trying to weigh the risks as I am just on my 30th week but with a grade 3 and pretty aggressive type. choosing between having chemo while pregnant and let baby go full term or deliver at 32 weeks and start chemo asap.

I can say i'm fighting for two. HUGS to all :)

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  • fleur-de-lis
    fleur-de-lis Member Posts: 107
    edited August 2016

    let me know what you decide...as I am thinking and praying for you and your unborn baby

    Hope others, more experienced, come by and offer you someadvice.

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  • Meow13
    Meow13 Member Posts: 4,859
    edited August 2016

    Interesting week 30, so if you could have your baby at 35 or 36 weeks would that be OK to wait that long until treatment?

    Could they monitor your tumor weekly? It seems to me even with the most aggressive tumors a month or so shouldn't matter that much.

    I would be afraid to risk your baby's health.

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  • kkaykkat
    kkaykkat Member Posts: 6
    edited August 2016

    thanks hun..i pray that we make the best and safestchoice..

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  • kkaykkat
    kkaykkat Member Posts: 6
    edited August 2016

    really scared for my baby too butMO is also anxious to start treatment hun since i already have lymph nodes swollen and suspicios for malignancy..he said he wanted the delivery at 32 weeks if its gonna be safe for my LO..waiting to see a neonatologist this week..

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  • Capermom
    Capermom Member Posts: 39
    edited August 2016

    the wow that is an extremely hard choice to make.Praying for your and your family💙

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  • Bravemama34
    Bravemama34 Member Posts: 47
    edited November 2016


    can you have mastectomy and lymph node dissection.  this way you have removed the major source

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  • Meadow
    Meadow Member Posts: 2,007
    edited November 2016

    kk, firstly, congrats on the new baby, the new joy. So sorry about your diagnosis , and the tough decisions it forces on you. I have "met" here on BCO a member named bchusband , his wife was just like you, pregnant and breast cancer. She does not do the website , but he joined as her caregiver . She had chemo while pregnant , and their son is now 18 mo old. mom and baby did great. Perhaps you could connect with him for some valuable information? I am not a medical person and can not give any advice to you you, just want to help you connect with some one who went through this as well. My best hopes and prayers to you and the baby .

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  • Jiffrig
    Jiffrig Member Posts: 232
    edited November 2016

    There are 2 gals getting chemo at my center that are pregnant. They just had to wait until after 3 months pregnant and it's safe for baby. I would think you would be fine.

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