Emma Gribble was one of the six New Zealanders diagnosed with blood cancer every day.
Her variety is Hodgkins Lymphoma.
Her tumour is 16 centimetres long and nine centimetres wide.
But that is not the only thing growing inside her. Ms Gribble is also six months pregnant.
She is undergoing chemotherapy and the anti-cancer drugs are being pumped into her body every fortnight.
So how is that safe for the baby?
"That was one of my massive questions. I can't drink wine, have salami or eat camembert but you're putting these drugs into me and you're telling me this baby will be okay?" asks Ms Gribble.
The risk to the baby's health is the greatest in the first trimester of pregnancy and Ms Gribble's treatment began after that crucial stage.
A recent study in the UK followed 96 children exposed to chemotherapy in the womb. Those children were then followed for a number of years and did not demonstrate any particular difference.
Ms Gribble has a team of specialists to help her -- an oncologist, a haematologist, an obstetrician and midwife.
But Ms Gribble needed more. She needed to hear from a mother who had endured the exact same nightmare situation.
Story went to meet the Ms Gribble who discovered a support network to see how she is coping with focusing on shrinking the tumour and a growing baby.
Watch the video for the full Story report.
