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alert-–-love-is-blind’s-shaina-hurley-was-diagnosed-with-cancer-while-3-months-pregnant-–-and-refused-chemotherapy-to-save-baby’s-lifeAlert – Love Is Blind’s Shaina Hurley was diagnosed with cancer while 3 months pregnant – and refused chemotherapy to save baby’s life

Love Is Blind star Shaina Hurley has revealed she was diagnosed with cancer when she was three months pregnant.

The TV personality, 34, who is now a mom to son Yiorgos, seven months, with husband Christos Lardakis, found out she had stage 2 cervical cancer after a routine pap smear came back with abnormal results.

Hurley refused a procedure which would ‘most likely’ cause a miscarriage and chemotherapy – despite doctors’ wishes. She also refused to deliver her son early at 32 weeks and held on until 37.5 weeks.

She told People: ‘I had no symptoms. But later, the doctor called me and said the pap smear results had come back as abnormal and they needed to get me in for a colposcopy.

Doctors advised for her to undergo a cold-knife conization – which involved removing tissue from the cervix, with Hurley saying: ‘The problem is, I was pregnant. [The] cervix is what holds pregnancy. I was at just around three months and so I would most likely lose the baby. At that point, I just couldn’t risk it.’

Love Is Blind star Shaina Hurley has revealed she was diagnosed with cancer when she was three months pregnant

Love Is Blind star Shaina Hurley has revealed she was diagnosed with cancer when she was three months pregnant

The TV personality, 34, who is now a mom to son Yiorgos, seven months, with husband Christos Lardakis, found out she had stage 2 cervical cancer after a routine pap smear came back with abnormal results

The TV personality, 34, who is now a mom to son Yiorgos, seven months, with husband Christos Lardakis, found out she had stage 2 cervical cancer after a routine pap smear came back with abnormal results

Hurley was advised to undergo laparoscopic surgery to ensure the cancer had not spread to the lymph nodes – after which doctors recommended chemotherapy.

Hurley said she refused this treatment as the disease had not spread and she had no symptoms. 

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Doctors wanted to deliver baby Yiorgos at 32 weeks so they could see if the cancer had spread – but Hurley refused and ‘pushed it’ to 37.5 weeks. Yiorgos was born healthy via C-section at this gestation.

The star said her decision to decline treatment had caused ‘battles’ between her and her husband – saying: ‘He wanted the baby but he would also say, “Shaina, I don’t want to lose my wife. I want you to be here to raise the baby.”‘

She said her ‘faith and strong will’ kicked in – and due to suffering a miscarriage before her son – ‘nothing was going to stop me’ from continuing with a healthy pregnancy. 

Two weeks after giving birth in February, she suffered a mini-stroke (TIA) which caused her face to droop and her hands to become numb.

She recovered without any side effects but four weeks later  underwent the cold knife conization – which failed with the cancer ‘still in there’.

Six weeks later, they tried again – and two weeks on she was told she was cancer-free. 

Hurley said she is now focused on being a mom – but will have to go for regular three monthly check-ups. She also plans to have more children in the future. 

The star said her decision to decline treatment had caused 'battles' between her and her husband - saying: 'He wanted the baby but he would also say,

The star said her decision to decline treatment had caused ‘battles’ between her and her husband – saying: ‘He wanted the baby but he would also say, “Shaina, I don’t want to lose my wife. I want you to be here to raise the baby”‘ 

She said her 'faith and strong will' kicked in - and due to suffering a miscarriage before her son - 'nothing was going to stop me' from continuing with a healthy pregnancy

She said her ‘faith and strong will’ kicked in – and due to suffering a miscarriage before her son – ‘nothing was going to stop me’ from continuing with a healthy pregnancy

WHAT IS CERVICAL CANCER?

Cervical cancer affects the lining of the lower part of womb.

The most common symptom is unusual bleeding, such as between periods, during sex or after the menopause, but other signs can include:

  • Pain during sex
  • Vaginal discharge that smells 
  • Pain in the pelvis

Causes can include:

  • Age – more than half of sufferers are under 45
  • HPV infection – which affects most people at some point in their lives
  • Smoking – responsible for 21 per cent of cases
  • Contraceptive pill – linked to 10 per cent of cases
  • Having children
  • Family history of cervical or other types of cancer, like vagina

Source: Cancer Research UK 

Shaina appeared on season two of the streaming platform’s dating series, which premiered in February 2022.

While on the show, Hurley got engaged to cast member Kyle Abrams after her romantic connection with Shayne Jansen didn’t work out.

Hurley later ended her engagement to Abrams before leaving the show.

She and her now-husband had dated for more than a year before marrying at a Chicago courthouse in July 2022.

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