{"id":1772,"date":"2011-02-16T05:21:38","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T10:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/deaconsbench\/?p=1772"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:47:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:47:42","slug":"mother-with-cancer-refused-to-abort-her-child-its-the-best-decision-i-ever-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/02\/mother-with-cancer-refused-to-abort-her-child-its-the-best-decision-i-ever-made\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother with cancer refused to abort her child: &quot;It&#039;s the best decision I ever made&#8230;&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>And even her doctors are amazed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com\/community\/sites\/56\/2011\/02\/article-0-0D195F1D000005DC-223_634x436.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1773\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com\/community\/sites\/56\/2011\/02\/article-0-0D195F1D000005DC-223_634x436-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-1355184\/Pregnant-mother-held-cancer-treatment-abort-baby-celebrates-daughters-birth.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Details: <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span>A mother who refused to abort her  unborn baby after discovering she had leukaemia, has stunned doctors by  giving birth to a healthy baby girl.<br>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Victoria Webster, 33, was diagnosed with  cancer during a routine blood test when she was 21 weeks pregnant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Medics pleaded with her to have a late  termination so she could start on a course of life-saving chemotherapy \u2013  but warned the medication would kill her unborn daughter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The mother-of-two decided to keep her  baby, and delay her treatment \u2013 and incredibly, she is now on the road  to recovery after giving birth to a healthy baby girl.<br>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mrs Webster from Birmingham, said: \u2018My doctor  told me I needed to make a choice and decide whether I should keep my  baby.<br>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2018To me, there was  no decision to make. I had already bonded with my baby while she was  growing inside me and as her mum, I had to protect her.<br>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2018Doctors kept telling me I should have a  termination \u2013 but I had made up my mind, and my husband Martyn supported  me.<br>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2018It\u2019s the best  decision I have ever made. I can\u2019t imagine my life without my daughter.\u00a0 Since  having Jessica last April, I\u2019ve had a course of chemo and I\u2019m beating  leukaemia.\u2019<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-1355184\/Pregnant-mother-held-cancer-treatment-abort-baby-celebrates-daughters-birth.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read the rest. <\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-1355184\/Pregnant-mother-held-cancer-treatment-abort-baby-celebrates-daughters-birth.html#ixzz1E5YYGwGg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And even her doctors are amazed. Details: A mother who refused to abort her unborn baby after discovering she had leukaemia, has stunned doctors by giving birth to a healthy baby girl. 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