by Amy Collier | Jan 18, 2017 | Neural Tube Defects, Religious Perspectives, Spina Bifida
My husband bought a beautiful bonsai tree as a memento to remember Malachi by and to keep amongst us as a family. I take care of it as I would have taken care of him. by S.A. The day you realise your world as you know it has changed forever is a startling one. One...
by JD | Oct 27, 2016 | Hydrocephalus, Induction/L&D, Neural Tube Defects, Spina Bifida, Stories
People are silently grieving, too afraid to let others know what’s going on because they are scared of judgment. By Zena Mason To the newly bereaved parent: please know that you’re not alone. I want to share my story of medical termination in Australia....
by Amy Collier | Oct 26, 2016 | Hydrocephalus, Induction/L&D, Neural Tube Defects, Spina Bifida, Stories
He wasn’t just a statistic or a stereotype that we had read about online. He was our baby and our baby was sick…really sick. By Holly “There are no words.” This was a response I received from one of my childhood friends when I told her about losing Heath. I had...
by Amy Collier | Oct 20, 2016 | Induction/L&D, Neural Tube Defects, Spina Bifida, Stories, Termination after 24 weeks, Ventriculomegaly
We asked our doctor about options for termination and he explained that unfortunately, we had passed the deadline in our state, so our only remaining option was to go to Wichita. By Donna My son was my long awaited journey into motherhood. He was my lifeline the day...
by JD | Dec 16, 2015 | Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Neural Tube Defects, Spina Bifida, Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome)
I now have four boys that I love to pieces, but a daughter I think of every day and wish I had in my life. by D. L. I had just turned 35 and had decided that I wanted another baby. I had three beautiful boys, and had a feeling that if I got pregnant again I would have...
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...
