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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
PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT
Support for your emotions and wellbeing
There are many options to access support for you because it is recognised that cancer impacts the family, not only your partner. You can ask your hospital healthcare team about what support is available, they may be able to refer you to a hospital-based support service.
Maggie’s maggies.org also offer wonderful all-round family support.
Alternatively, you can investigate private counselling. Both the BACP bacpregister.co.uk and Counselling Directory counselling-directory.org.uk have search facilities where you can search for qualified and registered therapists in your area. You can also ask your GP to refer you for counselling and they might know of free or low costs counselling services available in your area.
Mummy’s Star is here to support you through this period, and we offer regular check-ins to see how you are and what will help you through this period. If you would like some support around the psychological impact of cancer please contact your Mummy’s Star information and support worker or email pete@mummysstar.org. If you are feeling unsafe or distressed outside of our working hours please call the NHS on 111 for support.
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