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- A 28-year-old woman was giving birth to her second baby when midwives discovered a lump
- Alex Stewart eventually received a cervical cancer diagnosis, but despite treatment, the illness spread and has now become terminal
- “I felt I had so much I wanted to do in my life, and this was now being cut short,” the mom of two tells PEOPLE
A young woman was giving birth to her second baby when midwives made a startling discovery. Now, she has months to live.
When Alex Stewart was in labor with her son Teddy in 2025, the health professionals “found a lump,” she tells PEOPLE exclusively.
“They were unsure what it was, they initially thought it was a varicose vein, and because I didn’t bleed a lot through labor, they weren’t concerned,” Alex, 28, continues.
“[And] I wasn’t too concerned about the lump because the midwives were not concerned,” she adds. “I was also in the ‘newborn bubble’ and enjoying having my son.”
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During her eight-week follow-up appointment with her general practitioner, Alex learned “the lump was still there,” and she was referred to other doctors for a biopsy and an MRI, as well as blood tests.
Alex — who shares her now 8-month-old son Teddy and a 3-year-old daughter Elsie with her husband, Joe Stewart — then got a cervical cancer diagnosis.
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