When Love Is Blind star Shaina Hurley announced the arrival of her first-born child back in March, she was over the moon. The new mom had a tumultuous time finding love on the hit Netflix show. She’s since tied the knot and welcomed a bundle of joy into the world.
Reality TV lovers first met Shaina when she appeared as a participant on Love Is Blind season 2. The hairstylist formed a connection in the pods with Shayne Jansen and the two showed promise as a couple. However, things headed south for Shaina and Shayne. Though her Love Is Blind experience didn’t result in a relationship, she’s now happily married and is loving life in her family of three. But, her journey to motherhood has come with some health obstacles to overcome.
Shaina promised to share more of pregnancy journey
When Shaina exclusively told People how she’d welcomed her son into the world this March, said she’d later be sharing more of her story.
The reality star and her husband, Christos Lardakis, welcomed Yiorgos David into the world on February 1.
“He arrived a healthy 7 lb, 8 oz baby and measured 20 inches long at birth,” reports the outlet.
“He’s our miracle baby, I’ll be sharing more why soon…”, she said.
Love Is Blind star’s cancer battle
When Shaina’s son was a newborn, she said how she and her husband were “so at peace and just soaking up every second… So thankful.”
However, the star had been through a lot during her journey to motherhood as a few months into her pregnancy she was diagnosed with cervical cancer.
Shaina said she didn’t have any symptoms before being diagnosed with Stage 2 cancer.
She explains: “…pap smear results had come back as abnormal and they needed to get me in for a colposcopy.”
Shaina describes herself as a “tough patient” for her doctors, adding how it was a tough time in her marriage as she denied multiple suggestions from medical professionals during her cancer fight.
Doctors urged Shaina to opt for a “cold-knife conization,” and chemotherapy, but because of the risks involved she didn’t want to “risk it.”
Shaina’s medical professionals also suggested she give birth at 32 weeks. This would “allow them to see if the cancer had changed or spread.”
However, she “felt it was too early,” adding: “I took the risk and pushed it to 37-and-a-half weeks…”
Thankfully, the Netflix star welcomed a “healthy baby boy” back in February and she’s now “cancer-free” per an exclusive with People.
Not only did Shaina battle cancer during her pregnancy but she and Christos also suffered a miscarriage before welcoming Yiorgos.
She explains: “…so when I finally got a healthy pregnancy, nothing was going to stop me.”
Sadly, her health hurdles didn’t stop at cervical cancer. Shaina also details enduring a “mini-stroke,” AKA a TIA, after Yiorgos was born.
Shaina recovered from the TIA and she later underwent the cold knife conization procedure.
She explains: “As of June, I’m finally cancer-free.”
In the US, contact Cancer Care at 800‑813‑HOPE (4673) or visit this link. You can also call the American Cancer Society on 1-800-227-234 or visit their website.
In the UK you can call Breast Cancer Now free on 0808 800 6000 or visit Cancer Research UK , or Macmillan Cancer Support.
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