Hi there,
My situation is a little different but I do have experience with pregnancy and melanoma. This may not be what you want to hear but it is my reality. My primary was diagnosed in 2002 and at the time I was 23 years old (right foot- one positive node- stage III). I had my daughter in 2005 with zero complications. Early 2011 I became pregnant with my son and at 19 weeks I started to get "lumps" one on my forearm, two on my abdomen and one on my shoulder. To say the least this sent me and my family on a rollercoaster from hell…I had just celebrated 9 years being NED and a reoccurrence was the furthest thing from my mind! Otherwise my pregnancy was going beautifully. We were counseled on termination but declined and we now have a healthy, beautiful six month old! My melanoma MD (Seattle Cancer Care Alliance) didn't feel as though one caused the other but more a bad coincidence since many folks who are diagnosed with melanoma are of child bearing age. I was "officially" restaged 4 weeks after delivery (I had a scheduled section at 34 weeks to expedite things) and the placenta was thoroughly tested with no evidence of melanoma. A huge blessing! Since my son was premature he did have difficultly with respiratory distress and was in the NICU for about 3 weeks. My family support has been tremendous but times have been really, really challenging, emotionally and physically.
–Amy
Fighting Mama
