by Jodi | Mar 25, 2026 | D&E, Stories, Turner Syndrome
The Red Papasan Chair by Ruika The first night I held my one-year-old son to sleep in the red papasan chair was the night that I realized I simultaneously hadn’t thought about my daughter in a while and I also missed her terribly. Tears streamed down my...
by Amy Collier | Oct 17, 2021 | Diagnoses, Stories, Turner Syndrome
People say you need to make the best decision for you, and that there’s not a wrong decision. But what do you do when there is not a right decision? By Liane I get it now. You never know true heartbreak until you know true heartbreak. I think back to the worst...
by JD | Jul 28, 2021 | Congenital Heart Defects, Cystic Hygroma, D&E, Fetal Hydrops, Stories, Turner Syndrome
The doctor came in with a very sympathetic demeanor and started saying words like cystic hygroma and hydrops and fatal and miscarry and chromosomal issues. We completely lost it. “What do you mean?” I wanted to scream. I just saw a normal happy little moving baby on...
by JD | Jul 6, 2020 | D&C, Diagnoses, Stories, Turner Syndrome
Though the act of scheduling the termination—and the thought of actually showing up voluntarily to have it done—felt impossible to me, I didn’t ever really doubt our decision. I knew what we had to do, even though the thought of doing of it broke me in a way I didn’t...
by JD | Sep 25, 2018 | Induction/L&D, Religious Perspectives, Stories, Turner Syndrome
I believe in mercy, and that’s what we hopefully gave our daughter. By Chelsea “Not Compatible with Life.” Crushing words, that confirmed our worst fears. I remember blinking my tear-filled eyes, praying that by some chance of a miracle our daughter would...
by JD | Oct 25, 2016 | Turner Syndrome
Only a very small percentage of fetuses with Turner syndrome survived to birth, that most died in the womb at 19-24 weeks. By Kathy Twelve years ago I found out I was pregnant with my first child. I was 38, which meant that I was at increased risk for having a baby...
