The Birthmark: A Brief Biography Of Sam Davies

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A woman noticed that a birthmark on her forehead started to become itchy after she got pregnant. Even though the itching was annoying, she ignored it at first. She thought it was just a symptom of pregnancy. However, it exploded one day, and doctors knew something was wrong. The woman's name is Sam Davies. She was born with a protruding birthmark.

Sam has four daughters and one son. She realized that pregnancy had an effect on the birth mark. She stated that the birthmark reacts to her pregnancy. Sam said that her birth mark grew along with her baby bump. When the birth mark exploded, it split her forehead right down the middle. She lost a lot of blood She was rushed to the hospital, and doctors discovered that the birth mark had cancerous

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