by Amy Collier | Mar 8, 2015 | Anencephaly, Induction/L&D, Neural Tube Defects
I was only 17 at the time. This was my first child. By C.C. I found out three months into my pregnancy that I my baby was a girl. I also found out she had anencephaly. My body didn’t have enough folic acid to allow the baby’s brain and skull to form. I was...
by Amy Collier | Mar 8, 2015 | Anencephaly, Q&A, Stories
Sadly, grief and depression can be seriously compounded by the judgmental, self-righteous condemnation and gloating of others. I sincerely hope you are keeping your negativity to yourself and not contributing to her pain. Have a question for Ending a Wanted Pregnancy?...
by Amy Collier | Mar 6, 2015 | Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum, Ventriculomegaly
Because of my age (36), the grief I felt for terminating our pregnancy, and the joy we have with our living daughter, we are not going to try for another pregnancy. By E.C. We have experienced the tremendous loss of our baby girl. We had to make the choice to no...
by JD | Mar 3, 2015 | Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum, Induction/L&D, Stories
Suddenly something we had taken for granted looked impossible. By A Grieving Mother I knew that I was pregnant with my second child very soon after conception. This enabled me to follow all the recommended health guidelines such as taking extra folic acid and no...
by JD | Feb 23, 2015 | Anencephaly, Induction/L&D, Neural Tube Defects, Stories
We had to consider our son Matty, and how it would affect him if we went full term, how it would affect our families and also how it would affect us. By Karen Our story begins in the summertime, when my husband and I, who already had wonderful 3-year-old son called...
