by JD | Dec 5, 2018 | D&E, Interuterine Growth Restriction (IUGR), Stories
The most confusing part of this was our doctors’ differing opinions, and that there was very little research about this condition. By Penelope Our first real sign that something was wrong with my pregnancy was when the first-trimester screening results came back...
by Amy Collier | Sep 25, 2018 | Congenital Diaphramatic Hernia (CDH), D&E, Stories
So much information was being explained to us. But I only heard the scary keywords: deformed, suffering, uncertainty of survival, termination. This was the most difficult news of our life. By Lillian Adam and I have been together for eight years, happily married for...
by Amy Collier | Jul 6, 2018 | Congenital Heart Defects, D&E, Diagnoses, Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome, Stories
After days of crying, sleepless nights, and considering quality of life/life expectancy issues, we decided to let our baby boy with HRHS go. By Catt We found out we were having a baby boy late last year. Since I was 38 and wanted another child close in age to our...
by Amy Collier | Jun 24, 2018 | D&E, Stories, Trisomy 18 (Edward's syndrome)
I wasn’t able to kiss her and tell her I loved her. I left empty handed with a broken heart. By Nicole Prior to the heartbreak From the moment I got pregnant my excitement and joy quickly faded and were replaced with fear. I thought this was...
by JD | Jun 24, 2018 | D&E, Stories, Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome)
…to spare everyone a future with lots of pain, suffering, burden and resentment, I made a choice I never thought I would make… By Lauren On October 22nd we found out we were pregnant. I was so excited, but also so nervous about having a newborn again. Our...
by Amy Collier | Jun 6, 2018 | D&E, Neural Tube Defects, Spina Bifida, Stories
“I decided to make her baby book and have a necklace made with her would-be birthstone and the letter ‘C’ ” By Megan December 15th was a great day for my husband and I. We heard our daughter’s heartbeat for the first time and my husband...
