Auckland woman’s molar pregnancy leads to rare cancer battle

Donna FlemingNZ Woman's Weekly·24 May, 2026 02:00 AM4 mins to readSamie Johnson was overjoyed to be expecting – then doctors delivered devastating news. Photo / Michelle CutelliSamie Johnson was overjoyed to be expecting – then doctors delivered devastating news. Photo / Michelle CutelliIt should have been one of the happiest days of Samie Johnson’s life. Ten weeks into a pregnancy that she’d feared might never happen because of chronic health problems, such as endometriosis and rheumatoid arthritis, she was bubbling with excitement when she went for the first scan.

“I was over

Auckland woman’s molar pregnancy leads to rare cancer battle

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