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 JD | Jun 6, 2018 | Cystic Hygroma, Fetal Hydrops, Stories
“I asked for those flowers because I wanted a reminder of your life, and your birth that was also your death but yet, it was a birth.” By Sabrina Fletcher This week I should have been entering the third trimester of my second pregnancy. The trimester of...
by Amy Collier | May 25, 2017 | Fetal Hydrops, Induction/L&D, Stories, Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome)
It was almost like she came out in her bubble, protected from the outside world. By Andrea My husband and I were excited when we found out that I was pregnant. We have a three-year-old daughter and this baby would have been born around the same time our daughter...
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...
by Amy Collier | Mar 7, 2015 | Cystic Hygroma, Fetal Hydrops, Stories
I experienced a glimpse of eternity when I held my precious little daughter. I named her Angel. By V.E. I had begun to feel queasy and tired, and I knew these were the symptoms of early pregnancy. I had a 19-year-old daughter and a 2-year-old son, and wanted so much...
by Amy Collier | Mar 5, 2015 | Fetal Hydrops, Induction/L&D, Polyhydraminios, Termination after 24 weeks
Every year we make cards for Jamie’s birthday. We attach them to balloons, sing to her and release the balloons. My husband and I weren’t yet trying for number three, but we always felt there would be one more baby for us. God had just decided it would be...
