At 29 weeks pregnant, Kiersten Rapplean was getting ready to welcome her second baby boy.Then she received news no pregnant mother ever expects to hear.She had an aggressive form of breast cancer.Kiersten, a 32-year-old mother from Missouri, was diagnosed with HER2-positive inflammatory invasive ductal carcinoma while she was almost seven months pregnant with her baby, Travis.Waiting until after the baby was born to begin treatment was not possible.Doctors carefully planned her treatment around the pregnancy and started chemotherapy while Travis was still growing inside her.Kiersten completed two rounds of AC chemotherapy before giving birth.Then came a very intense few days.On March 25, when she was 36 weeks and one day pregnant, doctors decided to induce labor.Travis was born weighing 6 pounds and 8 ounces.The very next day, Kiersten went through medical scans that had been delayed during her pregnancy.Only three days after giving birth, while her newborn son was still receiving extra care in the NICU, Kiersten started targeted cancer treatment.She barely had time to recover from childbirth before the next stage of treatment began.By June, Kiersten had completed five rounds of TCHP chemotherapy.Then, on July 11, she underwent a double mastectomy.After surgery, she continued receiving regular infusions as doctors worked to control her stage IV cancer.Her baby boy spent 17 days in the NICU.Thankfully, Travis was eventually able to go home healthy and doing well.And through all of this, Kiersten kept fighting for something very simple.More birthdays.More bedtime stories.More normal days with her two sons.By July 2026, local news reports in Missouri shared another milestone that once seemed very far away.Kiersten was reported to be cancer-free.With stage IV cancer, doctors may still need to continue monitoring her health and providing treatment, but reaching that point after everything she and her family had gone through was a huge moment.During one pregnancy, Kiersten was preparing to bring a new life into the world while also fighting to save her own.Can you imagine starting chemotherapy while still feeling your unborn baby moving inside you?