by Jodi | Mar 15, 2026 | Anencephaly, D&E, Hydrocephalus, Stories
My Blueberry By Laken – Blue’s Mom I wasn’t planning to get pregnant. At the time I was single and had just moved into a new apartment so imagine my surprise when I decided to take a pregnancy test for fun on November 2, 2025, just for it to turn...
by JD | Dec 5, 2021 | D&E, Hydrocephalus, Stories
By Yin “Your baby’s head is big. I don’t want to alarm you, but just be prepared.” These words from my sonographer changed my life forever. A few hours before the sonogram, l was anxious. I kept visualizing walking out of my 20 week anatomy scan with reports of a...
by Amy Collier | Feb 19, 2021 | Diagnoses, Hydrocephalus, Induction/L&D, Neural Tube Defects, Stories
It was our choice. To us, it was the only choice. By Erin It has been almost two weeks since we had to end our sweet baby’s life. I hate saying it like that, but to me, that’s what we did. Even though it was the right choice. It was our choice. To us, it was the only...
by JD | Oct 27, 2016 | Hydrocephalus, Induction/L&D, Neural Tube Defects, Spina Bifida, Stories
People are silently grieving, too afraid to let others know what’s going on because they are scared of judgment. By Zena Mason To the newly bereaved parent: please know that you’re not alone. I want to share my story of medical termination in Australia....
by Amy Collier | Oct 26, 2016 | Hydrocephalus, Induction/L&D, Neural Tube Defects, Spina Bifida, Stories
He wasn’t just a statistic or a stereotype that we had read about online. He was our baby and our baby was sick…really sick. By Holly “There are no words.” This was a response I received from one of my childhood friends when I told her about losing Heath. I had...
by Amy Collier | May 22, 2015 | Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum, Hydrocephalus, Induction/L&D, Stories, Ventriculomegaly
I started to envision and plan what her nursery would look like and whether she would grow up to play soccer like her older cousin. By Alyssa’s Mom We were trying to get pregnant with our first child. When I missed my period I took a pregnancy test but it was...
