by Jodi | Mar 15, 2026 | Anencephaly, D&E, Hydrocephalus, Stories
My Blueberry By Laken – Blue’s Mom I wasn’t planning to get pregnant. At the time I was single and had just moved into a new apartment so imagine my surprise when I decided to take a pregnancy test for fun on November 2, 2025, just for it to turn...
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 JD | May 26, 2017 | Anencephaly, Neural Tube Defects, Opinion, Stories
I will never succumb to feeling guilty or selfish for the most selfless decision I’ve ever made. By Carissa Waldner I see you day after day holding up the sign that continually haunts me, “Babies killed here.” I watch as your supporters show up on the weekends and...
by JD | May 5, 2015 | Anencephaly, Hydrocephalus, Induction/L&D, Multiple Losses, Neural Tube Defects, Spina Bifida
We talked until we were exhausted, but always came back to the suffering our son, and then our daughter, would experience. By MJP We’re the women politicians don’t talk about. Women who were pregnant with wanted and waited for babies, not birth control...
by Amy Collier | Mar 8, 2015 | Anencephaly, Induction/L&D, Neural Tube Defects
I was only 17 at the time. This was my first child. By C.C. I found out three months into my pregnancy that I my baby was a girl. I also found out she had anencephaly. My body didn’t have enough folic acid to allow the baby’s brain and skull to form. I was...
by Amy Collier | Mar 8, 2015 | Anencephaly, Q&A, Stories
Sadly, grief and depression can be seriously compounded by the judgmental, self-righteous condemnation and gloating of others. I sincerely hope you are keeping your negativity to yourself and not contributing to her pain. Have a question for Ending a Wanted Pregnancy?...
