Mom of 2 battles breast cancer while pregnant
Stephanie Schmidt, 30, says her breast cancer was discovered at a prenatal visit.
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Stephanie Schmidt, 30, says her breast cancer was discovered at a prenatal visit.
Stephanie Schmidt(NEW YORK) -- Stephanie Schmidt, a 30-year-old neonatal intensive care unit nurse in New York, was eight weeks pregnant when she walked through the doors of her OBGYN for a routine visit to establish prenatal care. What started as a routine visit for Schmidt ended with her doctor finding a breast lump on her physical exam. A subsequent biopsy of the mass revealed the news she least expected from a prenatal visit: She had breast cancer. "It wasn't even a thought that I could get cancer right now," Schmidt, who has no family history of cancer or predisposing genet...