A British couple discovers that a baby is actually a cancerous tumor after 12 weeks of analysis

Young couples Grace Baker-Padden and Joe Cowling were delighted to learn that they were expecting their first baby.

But their enthusiasm turned into a shock after 12 weeks of analysis, when doctors discovered a cancerous mass.

"It was such a shock, from planning this exciting new future as a family to suddenly no baby and my health was in dire straits," said Baker-Padden, 23. The mirror.

"I just wanted the horrible mass coming out of me right now."

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Although the pregnancy was a surprise to the British couple, Baker-Padden said they were "happy and excited".

"Our parents were looking forward to being their grandparents for the first time."

Vomiting every morning, which she put to morning sickness, Baker-Padden says that she also had a "very slight" swelling in her womb. After being spotted at eight and ten weeks, Baker-Padden saw his GP, fearing miscarriage.

"We just wanted things to go well," Baker-Padden remembers from his scan in February 2018. But they knew immediately that it "did not look like".

"There was no baby shape – it looked like a bunch of grapes," says Cowling. "The midwife said it sounded like a" molar pregnancy "and went to get a doctor."

The doctors then confirmed the midwife's suspicions – Baker-Padden was plagued by a molar pregnancy or a gestational trophoblastic disease.

According to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of New Zealand and New Zealand (RANZCOG), GTD is a rare complication of pregnancy that occurs in about 1 in 200 pregnancies.

"The most common type of GTD is a hydatidiform mole," they note. "It's not like a mole on your skin." It's just a term used to describe the abnormal growth of the placenta (the part of the pregnancy that usually feeds the baby.) The placenta invaded by growth produces high levels of pregnancy hormones, so that the woman "feels" pregnant and has pregnancy symptoms. "

For Baker-Padden and her partner, the news was devastating.

"We were not expecting a baby anymore, but rather the word C," she says.

After the removal of the tumor two days later, additional tests showed that she was malignant.

Baker-Padden underwent chemotherapy for six months. And, in September 2018, she was admitted to the Teenage Cancer Trust for further treatment.

"They were confident that I could be cured but it was scary," she says.

The trainee transfer lawyer was treated on an outpatient basis for eight weeks with additional chemotherapy, which left her "weak and exhausted".

However, just after Christmas last year, Baker-Padden received the news that they were hoping: everything is clear.

"The relief was amazing, we just wanted to get back to normal and we planned a holiday to celebrate," she says.

And while the couple still dreams of having a baby, the doctors warned that there was a 15% chance that this would happen again.

"We are afraid to try again after what has happened.We will wait for a moment," Baker-Padden said.

Over the weekend, to thank the Teenage Cancer Trust for its "incredible" care, Cowing participated in the Great North Run to raise funds for the service.

"In early 2018, my partner, Grace, learned that she was suffering from a gravidic trophoblastic disease, a rare form of cancer," he wrote on his fundraising page.

"Over the last year, I've seen her show her strength while she was receiving chemotherapy treatments to fight the disease." I'm so proud of her. "

Commenting that the treatment was administered at the Teenage Cancer Division, Cowling continues, "The work done by the nurses and doctors in this unit is nothing short of fantastic." Every time I visited Grace, I'm amazed at everything The courageous people they treat, it really puts everything in perspective and I hope to raise as much money as possible to do my utmost to help such a brilliant cause. "

"I'm really moved to see him do it because it's such a good cause," Baker-Padden said. "We saw them helping so many people along the way."