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The news of a pregnancy or a recent birth is an exciting time for all prospective and existing parents. It can, however, be cruelly interrupted by the news of a cancer diagnosis and the worry that this brings to both you and your wider family.
Mummy’s Star has been set up specifically to offer support if you find yourself in this situation and we hope that by providing comprehensive information and links in this section, it will help you to get the support you need, access services that are available to you but most importantly know that you are not alone when you are going through this.
The information contained here is reviewed on an ongoing basis and will also be added to as new information becomes known about cancer in pregnancy. Likewise, as we receive more enquiries, we will add to the FAQs section in order to be able to try and answer as many of your questions in one place as possible.
Please contact us here and we can discuss more specifically how we can support you and your family.
REAL LIFE STORIES
Meet the mums we support and read their stories
WHO WE ARE
Meet the mums we support and read their stories
PREGNANCY | BIRTH | LOSS | BEYOND
CANCER SUPPORT IN & AROUND
CANCER RECURRENCE
Support with the fear of your cancer returning
Being diagnosed and treated for cancer is a distressing event which our mums hope will never happen again. Unfortunately for some mums, cancer does return whether it is a reoccurrence of cancer they were treated with or a different type of cancer.
For most cancers, the risk of reoccurrence decreases over time and you will have regular follow-ups specific to the type of cancer you have. Please ask your medical team to explain what signs and symptoms to look out for and get these checked out as soon as possible if you have any.
Living with fear and uncertainty that your cancer may come back is extremely difficult and for some mums, they think about nothing else, this is a normal reaction however if this continues for a period of time please ask your health care team for support around this.
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