Pregnancy that turns out to be rare form of cancer

A woman was left devastated after her rare pregnancy left her without a baby – and gave her cancer, the Metro reports.

Newlyweds Stephanie and Michael Theobald were heartbroken at the 12 week scan when the nurse revealed she couldn’t find a baby’s heartbeat.

The 35-year-old was told her only options were to wait and give birth naturally or undergo surgery to remove the dead foetus.

Doctors then performed a biopsy which revealed she’d had a complete molar pregnancy – during which abnormal cells had grown instead of a baby.

Stephanie, who works as a recruitment manager, said: “I’m one of six children – the only girl and the last one to have kids. My mum was so excited for me to get pregnant.”

Stephanie began a course of chemotherapy in August and she will find out if she can try again for children in January.