New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Young mum’s shock ‘MY UNBORN BABY SAVED MY LIFE’

First-time mum Abi Johnston was overwhelmed with joy at her 20-week scan to learn she was expecting a daughter.

But just six weeks later, it would be a very different story when an ultrasound revealed suspicious lumps, followed by a shock diagnosis of stage three triple positive breast cancer.

Instead of excitedly preparing for life as a mum, the 27-year-old radiographer is now undergoing chemotherapy during her third trimester and will continue treatment just days after giving birth.

“The excitement of

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