by JD | Mar 7, 2015 | Anencephaly, D&E, Neural Tube Defects, Stories
Because of anti-abortion laws in my state, we had to drive to another state for a surgical facility that would perform the procedure to end my pregnancy. A Mother in Mississippi My husband and I already had a beautiful little girl when we conceived our second child....
by JD | Mar 7, 2015 | D&E, Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome)
Her new baby wailed and wailed upstairs while I was left with the silence of my daughter’s ashes in a box in my room. By S.K. I was 20 weeks pregnant when my husband and I went to the hospital for a routine ultrasound. The doctor told us it looked like our baby...
by JD | Mar 5, 2015 | D&E, Multiple Losses, Stories, Trisomy 18 (Edward's syndrome), Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome)
Unfortunately, I am here to tell you that lightning can strike twice. By Arlene My pregnancy started with a home test and a happy scream of recognition. I had wanted to have children for so long, and had worked in schools for over 10 years. Once, a student said to me...
by JD | Mar 3, 2015 | D&C, D&E
I did everything “right” with my pregnancy: ate healthy foods, avoided caffeine, drugs, drinking, and smoking By Caleb’s Mother I was 23 and didn’t even know I was pregnant at first. I’d told my doctor I was really tired and I was having...
by JD | Feb 27, 2015 | D&E, Hydrocephalus, Neural Tube Defects, Spina Bifida
ou will never forget this, but as time goes by, it’ll hurt less and less. It’ll just become part of you and part of who you are. Grateful in NYC I was told about this web site by a sister-in-law of a very close friend. Several years ago, she found out that...
by JD | Feb 24, 2015 | D&E, Stories, Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome)
I sat in the waiting room with happy expectant mothers, and mothers with newborns, coming and going. By Eileen Like most parents, I never thought I would need to make this decision. While it has been explained to you that there is the possibility something could be...
