When I was 7 months pregnant my OBGYN called me in to give me devastating news. He told me that the lump in my left breast came back positive with cancer. My first thought was for my unborn son's life & how will this affect the rest of my pregnancy. I met with a breast cancer doctor and a oncologist who with my OBGYN all decided to give me steroids to develop my son's lungs so they can induce me. He was born almost a month early. Healthy & beautiful. Right after he was born I started chemo to try shrink the tumor. Had a double bilateral mastectomy. For almost 2 years of my son's life I was going through chemo, in & out of hospital & had radiation. Was very hard to go through it while raising a newborn. My bf had to work nights & we had no family or friends to come & help us. What gave me my strength was looking at my beautiful baby boy 's face everyday. I fought & kicked Breast Cancer's butt so I could be alive to raise my son. That was almost 5 years ago.

Teresita
Flanders, NJ