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 | Apr 28, 2015 | D&E, Hydrocephalus, Neural Tube Defects, Spina Bifida
Abortion restrictions endanger lives. I know this because they endangered mine. By H. R. The pregnancy was very normal and everything seemed to be going fine. I had the free-cell DNA test and that came back normal, so didn’t feel the need for any second...
by Amy Collier | Mar 19, 2015 | D&E, Hydrocephalus, Neural Tube Defects, Spina Bifida, Stories
I don’t regret our decision. But I am so heartbroken that we were forced to make it. Anonymous It took almost two years to conceive our first child, Cade. We had him after seven rounds of clomid and one IUI. I got pregnant with Elise the month after I stopped...
by JD | Mar 15, 2015 | Hydrocephalus, Neural Tube Defects, Spina Bifida, Stories
We named her Irish, meaning “luck.” By A.F. My husband and I were happy to learn that we were expecting another baby. Our little boy was already two, so our kids would be two and a half years apart just as we’d planned. When I was 18 weeks pregnant I...
by Amy Collier | Mar 9, 2015 | Congenital Heart Defects, Hydrocephalus, Termination after 24 weeks
I can’t imagine where I would have been without Dr. Tiller and Women’s Health Care Services. He saved my family. He saved my life. M. K. My story takes place in the year 2000. I was 32 years old and had two older boys from a previous relationship. Jason and I had been...
by JD | Mar 8, 2015 | D&E, Hydrocephalus, Induction/L&D, Neural Tube Defects, Practical Information, Q&A, Spina Bifida
If your doctor doesn’t perform the procedure you want, ask to be referred to someone who does. Have a question for Ending a Wanted Pregnancy? Email us. Q: My unborn child has been diagnosed with severe spina bifida with hydrocephalus at week 19 gestation. My...
