Woman thought she was pregnant but ‘gave birth’ to a cancerous tumour

Lauren Knowles, from Aberdeen, Scotland, was heartbroken when she discovered at seven-weeks ‘pregnant’ that her unborn baby was a deadly disease.

At 27-years-old, Lauren was elated when her pregnancy test read positive, however after she noticed heavy spotting at seven and a half weeks she was sent for a scan. She was then given the news that she was enduring a molar pregnancy – a cluster of cells known as gestational trophoblastic disease – and Lauren’s mass was cancerous.

However, despite having the cancerous tissue removed and undergoing gruelling chemo, hair loss and relapsing, Lauren’s tumour continued to grow at an alarming rate.

But after agonising stomach cramps, Lauren ‘gave birth’ to the cancerous mass alone in the toilet after she felt the urge to push. Lauren, now 29, was over the moon once the tumour, which was the size of pear, was out as it meant she was finally cancer free.

And despite doctors warning she’d struggle to conceive in the future, she fell pregnant with Indi, now 10 months, one year later.

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