The mass appeared to be a rare pregnancy-related ovarian growth known as a pregnancy luteoma. It could produce unusually high levels of hormones, and those hormones were the likely reason Nia’s body had changed so dramatically.
The thick hair across her stomach, arms, back, and face suddenly had an explanation.
More importantly, the doctors did not believe the growth was cancerous.
Nia immediately asked about the baby.
Dr. Harris turned the monitor toward her and showed her the latest scan.
The heartbeat was strong.
The baby was continuing to grow.
For the first time since the previous afternoon, Nia began to cry from relief instead of fear.
The doctors still wanted to monitor her carefully throughout the remaining weeks of pregnancy, but there was no immediate reason to deliver the baby or perform emergency surgery.
