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 Amy Collier | Feb 19, 2021 | Diagnoses, Hydrocephalus, Induction/L&D, Neural Tube Defects, Stories
It was our choice. To us, it was the only choice. By Erin It has been almost two weeks since we had to end our sweet baby’s life. I hate saying it like that, but to me, that’s what we did. Even though it was the right choice. It was our choice. To us, it was the only...
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 Amy Collier | Dec 6, 2018 | Anencephaly, D&E, Diagnoses, Neural Tube Defects, Stories
I was little more than life support for her and within minutes or possibly hours from birth, she would die, without any sense of me or anything around her. By Sara This is my story of ending a wanted pregnancy. I’m putting in lots of details because it’s...
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 JD | Mar 25, 2015 | Diagnoses, Fetal Hydrops
Hydrops fetalis (fetal hydrops) is an abnormal accumulation of fluid in two or more places and is a symptom of an underlying problem with the fetus. Hydrops is typically discovered during an ultrasound in the first or second trimester, and the earlier it is found the...
