by JD | Jul 28, 2021 | Congenital Heart Defects, D&E, Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome, Stories, Tricuspid Atresia
Editor’s Note By special request of the author, this story is published exactly as it was submitted to us. We were crushed, devastated, horrified. The rug had been swept outfrom under us. In amatter of a few days, we had gone from excited to meet our little...
by JD | Jul 28, 2021 | Congenital Heart Defects, Cystic Hygroma, D&E, Fetal Hydrops, Stories, Turner Syndrome
The doctor came in with a very sympathetic demeanor and started saying words like cystic hygroma and hydrops and fatal and miscarry and chromosomal issues. We completely lost it. “What do you mean?” I wanted to scream. I just saw a normal happy little moving baby on...
by Amy Collier | Feb 21, 2021 | Congenital Heart Defects, Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome, Stories
Typically, a nuchal translucency is performed between 11 and 13 weeks. Mine was late, at 13.5 weeks. The fact that the doctor wasn’t seeing what he should be seeing at this late stage alarmed me. By Morgan At my first ultrasound, I asked the technician, “Is...
by JD | Feb 20, 2021 | Congenital Heart Defects, Stories, Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome)
I knew in my heart that we were choosing the path of least suffering, for us, for our son, for our unborn baby girl. By Jemma After dealing with thyroid cancer, surgery, and radioactive iodine, my doctor had given me the go-ahead in June to start trying for our second...
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 | Jan 18, 2017 | Congenital Heart Defects, D&E, Religious Perspectives, Stories, Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome)
God met me where I was. While He didn’t give me the miracle I had hoped for, the one I had prayed for, miracles came in other ways, through my friends, family, and the nurses and doctors taking care of me. By C.J. This is Ethan’s story–my youngest son. It started out...
