By Ivey Schofield Troaria Sampson wanted to be a mom. But Sampson, who weighed 360 pounds and had diabetes, said her doctors in Robeson County discouraged her from pregnancy, warning that her baby could die. In 2015, after trying for five years with her husband, Sampson got pregnant at age 27 – a milestone that should […]

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