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...
by JD | Mar 5, 2015 | Induction/L&D, Neural Tube Defects, Spina Bifida
It felt so strange leaving the hospital and going home without our baby. We took his teddy home with us so that we could keep it forever. By Wendy I worried throughout this pregnancy. I hadn’t even bought anything for the baby, and felt awkward telling people I...
by JD | Feb 27, 2015 | D&E, Hydrocephalus, Neural Tube Defects, Spina Bifida
ou will never forget this, but as time goes by, it’ll hurt less and less. It’ll just become part of you and part of who you are. Grateful in NYC I was told about this web site by a sister-in-law of a very close friend. Several years ago, she found out that...
by JD | Feb 15, 2013 | Spina Bifida
There it was, that beautiful word. Pregnant. By Gracie’s Mommy My Gracie was my first pregnancy. I had so many hopes, dreams, and wants all tied up in her. She was going to give my life meaning and bring my husband and I even closer than we had ever been before....
by JD | Feb 11, 2013 | Neural Tube Defects, Spina Bifida, Stories
“We lived in the Bible Belt after all, and had done something ‘shameful’ and ‘sinful’ in the eyes of the locals.” By Gracie’s Mommy I used to be a registered Republican, not because I completely identified with their ideals,...
by JD | Nov 18, 2012 | Diagnosis Information, Neural Tube Defects, Spina Bifida
The neural tube is embryonic tissue from which the brain and spinal cord develop. Failure to close can result in serious birth defects including spina bifida. There are three main types of spina bifida: spina bifida occulta, meningocele and myelomeningocele. Spina...
