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Mom of three Stephanie Wysaski learned she was pregnant in March; weeks later, she was diagnosed with breast cancer

Doctors can't determine how far advanced her cancer is — or if it has spread — because the extensive tests could harm the baby

She has to wait until she is induced in October, when the baby is 34 weeks, to learn more about her cancer and come up with a plan

In March, 35-year-old Stephanie Wysaski learned she was pregnant with her fourth child. Later that month, she was diagnosed with breast cancer .

Since then, she has had a lumpectomy and aggressive chemotherapy. “We call it mommy’s strong medicine,” says Wysaski, a stay-at-home mom (who worked as a registered dietician before having children) in Naperville, Ill. She met her husband at a CrossFit gym.

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