‘Instead of bonding with my newborn I was fighting for my life – I want change for mothers diagnosed with cancer’
- Posted on April 18, 2026
- By The Independent
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‘Instead of bonding with my newborn I was fighting for my life – I want change for mothers diagnosed with cancer’

Campaigners are calling for legislative reform as mothers diagnosed with cancer in or around pregnancy say they are spending their maternity leave undergoing life-saving treatment instead of bonding with their babies