MILWAUKEE — When 31-year-old Alisen Parr found out she was pregnant with her first child, she said her family couldn’t have been more excited.

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“Just finding out I was pregnant was amazing,” Alisen said. “My sisters had just had babies, so everyone was baby crazy. It was really fun to be able to tell everybody.”

At 20 weeks, she had another surprise — she was having the first boy in a family full of girls.

“I come from a family of four girls. My sisters only had girls, and even my husband’s brother had girls. So this little boy is a big deal,” she said.

But soon, joy turned to fear. During her pregnancy, Alisen noticed a small lump in her breast.

“I was showering one day and just felt this lump,” she said. “I Googled everything.”

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