by Amy Collier | Aug 20, 2015 | Omphalocele, Opinion, Q&A, Stories, Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome)
What if I had continued the pregnancy? Would my living children grow to become stronger, gentler people? Have a question for Ending a Wanted Pregnancy? Email us. Q: I terminated my pregnancy following a poor prenatal diagnosis of omphalocele. Recently, I read a...
by JD | May 17, 2015 | D&E, Induction/L&D, Omphalocele, Opinion, Q&A, Stories
Some parents have enough information to make a decision at 12 weeks or earlier, but many are still being told everything is “fine” at that point. Have a question for Ending a Wanted Pregnancy? Email us. Q: Why have an abortion so late? Why not just scan...
by Amy Collier | Mar 1, 2015 | Omphalocele
Omphalocele is an abdominal wall defect which causes the liver, intestines or other organs to develop outside of the body. In the first 6 to 10 weeks of a normal pregnancy, the intestines push out from the abdomen into the umbilical cord but by week 11 the intestine...
by JD | Feb 22, 2015 | Omphalocele, Stories, Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome)
The odds had been against us from the beginning of this pregnancy. We just couldn’t take the risk. By J. C. I’ve started to write this story about five times but never made it more than a few sentences. Fortunately my genetic counselor gave me the link to...
by JD | Feb 22, 2015 | D&E, Omphalocele, Stories
I didn’t know how I could go through with ending the pregnancy, but the baby was suffering and wouldn’t survive. What else could we do? By B.T. After two years of trying, and beginning to doubt we’d ever be parents, we were finally expecting....
