New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

‘It Was All Worth It’

Marvelling at her precious five-month-old daughter Lilah, Abi Johnston is overcome with joy and gratitude as she reflects on how far they’ve come together following her shock diagnosis of aggressive breast cancer while pregnant.

The Northland mum was just 27, and 26 weeks pregnant, when she learnt she had stagethree triple positive breast cancer requiring immediate treatment.

Medical professionals rallied to find the lowest-risk option for her then unborn baby and during chemotherapy, it was often

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