I'm seven months pregnant and have just been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer - here's what it means for my baby

A Brazilian vocalist has been diagnosed pinch terminal bosom cancer at seven months pregnant. 

Camila Campos, 29, was preparing for nan commencement of her 2nd girl pinch shot prima Leo Zagueiro erstwhile she learned she had nan terminal illness earlier this month. 

The tumor has already dispersed to her bones and, tragically, nan likelihood of seeing her caller babe turn up are slim.

Ms Campos' unborn girl should stay successful bully health, arsenic bosom crab has ne'er dispersed to a fetus, moreover though doctors opportunity it's theoretically possible.

However, nan gestation whitethorn person made it more difficult to detect nan crab earlier it spread. 

During pregnancy, a woman's breasts thin to alteration shape, size, aliases appearance, which is besides a tell-tale motion of bosom cancer. 

The breasts tin besides leak fluid, which could beryllium mistaken for lactation. 

Because of this, it tin beryllium difficult to observe bosom crab successful women who are pregnant aliases person precocious fixed birth, starring to later diagnoses, erstwhile nan crab has already dispersed and is harder to treat. 

Roughly 1 successful 3,000 pregnant women are diagnosed pinch bosom cancer, making it nan astir communal crab successful pregnant and postpartum women. 

Most women thin to beryllium diagnosed astatine later stages, arsenic they correction bosom changes and different communal symptoms for gestation broadside effects. 

Ms Campos said that she has started a chemotherapy. 

She noted that her hairsbreadth has already started falling retired from nan treatment. She has not clarified if her babe has suffered immoderate effects from nan treatment. 

Chemotherapy is mostly considered safe during pregnancy, though nan American Cancer Society recommends against it during nan first trimester, arsenic it tin summation nan consequence of stillbirth and malformations arsenic nan fetus' organs form. 

It takes astir 18 to 20 weeks for nan placenta to afloat develop. This organ serves arsenic a obstruction betwixt mother and baby, preventing definite medications from passing to nan baby.

Cancer Research UK states that definite forms of chemotherapy cannot walk done nan placenta, making them safe aft astir 14 weeks.  

However, chemotherapy should beryllium stopped astir 3 weeks earlier birth, arsenic it tin little humor compartment counts tin origin accrued bleeding during delivery.  

Radiation and hormone therapy are besides avoided during gestation to debar harming nan fetus. 

Ms Campos has not clarified if radiation aliases different therapies are included successful her curen plan. 

The crab itself should not dispersed to her baby, investigation shows. Cancer cells person been shown to beryllium capable to walk done nan placenta and dispersed to nan baby, though this is highly rare, and nan nonstop consequence has not been calculated. Breast crab has ne'er been shown to transportation from mother to baby. 

Additionally, 1 study published successful JAMA Oncology suggested that women pinch crab could beryllium up to 5 times much apt to dice successful childbirth than those without cancer. The researchers recovered that this was astir communal successful women pinch bosom cancer. 

However, it's unclear if having crab while pregnant and giving commencement makes women dice younger than those who did not person crab during childbirth.  

Ms Campos said successful an update connected Instagram this week, pictured successful a infirmary bed: 'God's processes successful my life...no, it's not a caller haircut.' 

'A fewer days ago, I entered a caller shape of my life. Seven months pregnant, emotion a batch of discomfort, crying from backmost pain, I was faced pinch nan test of bosom cancer, which has now dispersed to my bones.'

'I near outpouring and went consecutive into winter.'

Ms Campos clinging to her beardown religion to header pinch nan diagnosis. 

'Today my feelings are still a small messed up, which is why I couldn't talk to you guys before,' she wrote. 'But I americium slow getting it together pinch nan thief of Christ.'

'Please believe for me, my babe successful my womb Sofia, and my firstborn Bela arsenic good arsenic my husband.' 

Mr Zagueiro wrote connected Instagram successful a abstracted update: 'These past fewer days, I confess, person not been easy, amid truthful galore processes and diagnoses that we ne'er expected. 

'But seeing truthful galore messages of support and prayers has strengthened our hearts and faith.'

Breast crab is nan astir communal shape of nan illness successful US women, affecting much than 300,000 patients per twelvemonth and sidesplitting 42,000.