Baby born 12 weeks early so mother could start Chemotherapy, dies
Heidi Loughlin, 32, discovered she had a rare and aggressive form
of breast cancer after falling pregnant with her third child. Doctors
discovered her cancer in September after she noticed a rash on her
breast
while feeding her baby son Tait.
She was given the option of terminating
the pregnancy so she could begin aggressive chemotherapy. But she
decided to keep her baby and begin a less aggressive form of treatment
which is expected to start on Wednesday, December 23.
Her
baby had to be born 12 weeks prematurely in order for her to be treated
for cancer. The baby named Ally Louise Smith was delivered by C-section
on December 11, weighing just 2lb 5oz but died on Saturday.
Ms
Loughlin, from Portishead, north Somerset posted a poem dedicated to
her daughter on her blog. In it the mother of three wrote:
"Yesterday
afternoon our hearts broke in two. For we had to say goodbye to you.The
pain in my body and heart and my soul feels it will consume me and
leave me un-whole".
Writing
on her blog after Ally's birth, the mother-of-three said she was
"absolutely thrilled" to announce the baby had been born safely.
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