ALL REALLY CARED ABOUT WAS FEEDING MY BABY (The Daily Record)

At just 36 and pregnant, Ruth Cave was diagnosed with breast cancer - but dying wasn't her biggest fear


MUM Ruth Cave was eight months pregnant when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2004.

On hearing the bombshell the then 36-year-old just wanted to know one thing - would she be able to breastfeed her baby?

She said: "It was a huge shock to be told I had cancer, especially as I was a heavily pregnant 36-year-old woman.

"But I never thought at that point that I might die, it was just so important to me that I would be able to feed my baby."

Ruth had noticed a lump in her breast about halfway through her pregnancy, but put it down to hormones.



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