by Amy Collier | Apr 23, 2015 | Alobar Holoprosencephaly, D&E
Please tell me how a law mandating that within a 72-hour period before a termination a woman like me has to speak with a doctor or other “qualified health care provider” would have been helpful to me during this excruciating time in my life. By Heather P. Dear...
by Amy Collier | Oct 29, 2014 | Alobar Holoprosencephaly, Induction/L&D, Stories
Although he isn’t physically here, in my heart he always will be. By Stephanie B. I’ve faced the heartwrenching choice between watching my baby die or ending his fight. I chose to have a medical termination where I had to deliver my baby. While I never thought...
by Amy Collier | Jun 10, 2014 | Alobar Holoprosencephaly, Stories, Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome)
We went home and sat on the couch for a week, crying and holding each other. By Jess 311 I couldn’t believe it when the home pregnancy test was positive. I thought surely it would not happen so soon. It had only been two months since we started trying. I...
by Amy Collier | Feb 10, 2013 | Alobar Holoprosencephaly, Diagnosis Information
The forebrain normally develops around fifth or sixth week of pregnancy. In cases of Holoprosencephaly, the forebrain fails to divide into bilateral hemispheres. This results in defects of the brain, as well as facial malformations. Holoprosencephaly falls into...
