by JD | Feb 23, 2015 | Anencephaly, Induction/L&D, Neural Tube Defects, Stories
We had to consider our son Matty, and how it would affect him if we went full term, how it would affect our families and also how it would affect us. By Karen Our story begins in the summertime, when my husband and I, who already had wonderful 3-year-old son called...
by JD | Sep 27, 2013 | Anencephaly, Neural Tube Defects
“This has nothing to do with politics,” Bindeman said of her decision to have the two abortions. “This has to do with the choices that my husband and I needed to make.” by Emily Duroy Psychologist Dr. Julie Bindeman has always been pro-choice...
by JD | Nov 18, 2012 | Anencephaly, Diagnosis Information, Neural Tube Defects
Anencephaly is a neural tube defect considered incompatible with life. It occurs when the head end of the neural tube fails to close around the third and fourth weeks of pregnancy. This results in the absence of major portions of the brain, usually the frontal lobe...
