by Amy Collier | Jul 28, 2021 | Induction/L&D, Stories
I’ll never forget the emptiness I felt afterward. You’re meant to come away with a little baby after giving birth, not be sent home from the hospital with a broken heart. By Emma My husband and I spent five years trying to have a baby. In the midst of...
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 | Feb 26, 2021 | D&C, Stories, Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome)
I just wasn’t expecting this. I hadn’t had time to do any research. I couldn’t think of any questions even though my mind was racing and my hands were shaking. By Stefanie A difficult beginning I’m 39 and had three previous miscarriages (no living...
by JD | Jul 6, 2020 | D&C, Diagnoses, Stories, Turner Syndrome
Though the act of scheduling the termination—and the thought of actually showing up voluntarily to have it done—felt impossible to me, I didn’t ever really doubt our decision. I knew what we had to do, even though the thought of doing of it broke me in a way I didn’t...
by JD | Oct 10, 2019 | D&E, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
“Your baby has Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. The left side of the heart did not develop. This condition does not have a cure.” A Prenatal Diagnosis of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome I have always been a planner. Before making any decision, I evaluate the...
