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The pain in her lower-right pelvis started when Amy Hansen was about five weeks pregnant.<\/p>\n

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Amy Hansen, who found out she had cancer when she was 11 weeks pregnant with her now two-and-a-half-year-old son, Gavin, is now pregnant again and remains in remission. Pictured with her husband, Andy. Photo courtesy of Romina Stieben Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was attributed to an ovarian cyst, a painful condition but not one to be too concerned about. Ovarian cysts can occur during pregnancy, she was told, and it\u2019s often not a problem. Her doctor drained the cyst.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it continued to grow,\u201d Hansen said, \u201cand grow more painful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eleven weeks into her pregnancy, her doctor sought to remove it. It was during the procedure they discovered the 10-centimeter tumor. The surgeon removed her right ovary and sent the tissue in for pathology.<\/p>\n

A week later, Hansen was told the sample was determined to be a stage 1, grade 2 immature teratoma<\/a>, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s actually the equivalent of testicular cancer in women,\u201d said Dr. Diana Medgyesy<\/a>, an oncologist in the Cancer Care and Hematology Department of UCHealth Northern Colorado’s Poudre Valley Hospital<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Simply put, Hansen had a rare form of ovarian cancer. The tumor had been removed, but Medgyesy told her more treatment would be needed. Hansen left her first appointment overwhelmed and in tears.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was bawling my eyes out because I was told I was going to need chemotherapy,\u201d Hansen said. \u201cThe words that came out of my mouth were, \u2018I\u2019m sorry, but you know I\u2019m pregnant, right?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The drugs she would need \u2014 a cocktail of bleomycin, etoposide and cisplatin \u2014 are designed to attack and knock out rapidly dividing cancerous cells. But the drugs don\u2019t discriminate. The other cells in her body that divide quickly, such as her hair follicles, would also be attacked.<\/p>\n

She worried about her growing baby. This was Hansen\u2019s first child, the baby she and her husband, Andy, had been dreaming about since they got married. It didn\u2019t seem like chemotherapy would be something she could undergo as a pregnant woman.<\/p>\n

She sought a second opinion. And a third. Both agreed with Medgyesy. With chemotherapy, her recurrence rate would be extremely low after three years. And if it started in the second trimester, after the child\u2019s organs had developed, the baby would be unharmed.<\/p>\n

Medgyesy knew Hansen was scared and needed reassurance.<\/p>\n

She started sending Hansen research showing that chemotherapy doesn\u2019t have negative effects on neonates. She shared studies that concluded babies born to mothers who received chemo had normal Apgar scores, and older children who had been in the womb when their mothers were treated developed normally.<\/p>\n

Hansen started her nine-week chemotherapy regimen when she was 15 weeks pregnant.<\/p>\n

She cherished the moments when her pregnancy felt normal. She thumbed through baby books and registered at Babies R Us and Target. She was the guest of honor at baby showers that her family and friends hosted for her.<\/p>\n

But chemo left her exhausted, without an appetite and suffering from severe acid reflux. She was bald and didn\u2019t really want to be seen. Only reluctantly did she have maternity photos taken, knowing her son would want to see them one day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThoughts of mortality at age 28 definitely crossed my mind,\u201d Hansen said. \u201cBut just being a very positive person, it was like, \u2018You know what? I\u2019m going to make a plan, and we\u2019re going to take it one day at a time.\u2019 I chose not to look back. We made a decision to go forward with the treatment because we were choosing life for myself and my son.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both mom and baby were watched closely. During one chemotherapy session, she had a reaction to a medication that caused her to flush bright red. The oncology nurses swooped in on her immediately.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe team I had was very protective of me. They probably monitored me more closely than anyone else in the chemo lounge,\u201d Hansen said. \u201cI was so confident in my team that I never really second-guessed anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Amy Hansen, pregnant with her first child in 2013. Hansen wants women to know that they can fight cancer and still have a healthy baby. Photo courtesy of Romina Stieben Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Her son was monitored through frequent high-resolution ultrasounds with a Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist. She drew comfort from seeing her baby on the screen, hearing his little heartbeat. Every kick offered reassurance.<\/p>\n

She completed her treatment at 24 weeks\u2019 gestation. On Nov. 19, 2013, with hair only a half-inch long, she finally heard the sound she\u2019d been waiting for \u2014 her son\u2019s cry.<\/p>\n

Gavin Michael Hansen, born 6 pounds and 19.5-inches long, was healthy.<\/p>\n

Two and a half years later, \u201che\u2019s talking a ton, he\u2019s a ball of energy, he\u2019s just perfect,\u201d Hansen said. And she\u2019s pregnant again, this time with a baby girl.<\/p>\n

She had some initial anxiety with that conception, but she\u2019s had a normal, healthy pregnancy. The only weird part, she says while laughing, is she doesn\u2019t get to have as many ultrasounds.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s still hard for her to wrap her head around receiving chemotherapy while pregnant. But it\u2019s a message she wants other women to know \u2014 that they can be treated.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s almost otherworldly,\u201d she said. \u201cYou can\u2019t drink alcohol when you\u2019re pregnant, but you can have chemo? It\u2019s still wild for even me, who has gone through it.<\/p>\n

\u201cDr. Medgyesy and the oncology nurses \u2014 I truly believe they are angels on earth,\u201d she said. \u201cI want more people to understand that they don\u2019t have to choose between life for them or their child. They can be treated during their pregnancy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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