Mother with aggressive cancer gives birth to stillborn to save her life
A mother who was diagnosed with leukaemia while pregnant, and had to give birth to her stillborn baby to save her own life – is now in remission and encouraging others to appreciate the “simple things” in life.
Leanne Williams, 38, from Bristol, was 20 weeks’ pregnant when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) – cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow – in 2017.
Just four days after her diagnosis, she was forced to make “the horrendous decision” to give birth to her baby boy, who would not survive, to save her own life.
She then underwent months of chemotherapy, but ended up developing a blood clot on her brain – which nearly claimed her life
