by Amy Collier | Mar 13, 2015 | D&C, D&E, Induction/L&D, Practical Information, Q&A
It’s our turn to ask: How did you handle the financial burden of ending your wanted pregnancy after a poor prenatal diagnosis? Have a question for Ending a Wanted Pregnancy? Email us. Q: How did you handle the financial burdens associated with ending your wanted...
by Amy Collier | Mar 9, 2015 | Congenital Heart Defects, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Induction/L&D, Stories
Our baby has HLHS. We were shocked at the options the doctor presented to us. By L. B. I am 21 weeks, two days pregnant and have decided to terminate my pregnancy. This is my first pregnancy. I had wanted to conceive for several years, but my husband was not ready....
by Amy Collier | Mar 9, 2015 | Congenital Heart Defects, Hydrocephalus, Termination after 24 weeks
I can’t imagine where I would have been without Dr. Tiller and Women’s Health Care Services. He saved my family. He saved my life. M. K. My story takes place in the year 2000. I was 32 years old and had two older boys from a previous relationship. Jason and I had been...
by Amy Collier | Mar 8, 2015 | Practical Information, Termination after 24 weeks
Every person I came in contact with was not only a doctor or nurse or chaplain, but a counselor, with many helpful words to comfort. By Heather I am not ready to talk about my baby yet, and all the things that went wrong, but I am ready for others who have to make...
by Amy Collier | Mar 8, 2015 | Anencephaly, Induction/L&D, Neural Tube Defects
I was only 17 at the time. This was my first child. By C.C. I found out three months into my pregnancy that I my baby was a girl. I also found out she had anencephaly. My body didn’t have enough folic acid to allow the baby’s brain and skull to form. I was...
