Photos of mother with cancer breastfeeding after single mastectomy go viral
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Photos of an unidentified mother breastfeeding her newborn after undergoing a left-breast mastectomy have gone viral after a Florida photographer posted them on her Facebook page.
Kate Murray, of Niceville, Fla., said in a Facebook post that the mom was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer halfway through her pregnancy, Q13Fox.com reported. The Facebook page for Murray’s company, Kate Murray Photography, has since been disabled after at least 100,000 people reportedly shared a photo of the mom.
According to the report, Murray wrote in the post that the mother had a single mastectomy during her pregnancy and underwent chemo before the child’s birth. Birth was induced at 36 weeks so the mom could receive more treatment.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Shortly after the child was born, the baby latched onto the mother’s right breast, which prompted people in the room to overflow with emotion.
“Breastfeeding is such a sacred bond,” Murray wrote. “This one just makes my heart break and swell at the same time.”