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FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2017 file photo provided by Sonya Nelson, Life Lynn DeKlyen lies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich. Sonya Nelson says her niece, Life Lynn DeKlyen, died Wednesday evening at University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor. Her mother, Carrie DeKlyen who sacrificed the chance to prolong her life to give birth to Life Lynn, her sixth child, died Sept. 9, 2017. DeKlyen chose to forgo clinical trials and chemotherapy to treat her brain cancer, since it would have meant ending her pregnancy. (Nick DeKlyen/Courtesy of Sonya Nelson via AP File)

Baby whose mother chose giving birth over chemo has died

By JEFF KAROUB - Associated Press

This October 2013 family photo shows Carrie DeKlyen and husband Nick DeKlyen in Grand Rapids, Mich. Carrie DeKlyen sacrificed the chance to prolong her life to give birth to her sixth child. Doctors removed Carrie's feeding and breathing tubes on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, a day after her daughter, Life Lynn, was born at University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich. DeKlyen chose to forgo clinical trials and chemotherapy to treat her brain cancer, since it would have meant ending her pregnancy. Their daughter was born prematurely, at 24 weeks and five days into the pregnancy and weighing 1 pound, four ounces. (Michelle Werkema/Courtesy of Sonya Nelson via AP)

Woman who chose baby instead of chemotherapy has died

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Michigan woman forgoes cancer treatment to have sixth child

By JEFF KAROUB - Associated Press