Baby Bump, Cancer Lump

a memoir of fighting cancer while pregnant

This is my story: one journal entry, one experience, one moment at a time. Baby Bump, Cancer Lump is a heart-wrenching but hopeful look into the two years during which author Stephanie Partridge battled breast cancer and gave birth to her fifth child, a healthy boy. The story begins at discovering an unexpected pregnancy that led to early detection of an invasive ductal carcinoma in her breast. As she faces the challenges before her, she writes journal entries and online posts to share her insights on this journey, which are full of charming humor, gritty details, and spiritual introspection. Readers will be moved by her raw honesty and buoyed up by her delightful positivity, while learning empathy and practical knowledge for facing the beast that is cancer. A deeply moving memoir, Baby Bump, Cancer Lump is a story of how circumstance—even cancer—doesn’t control our ability to feel joy.