by Amy Collier | Jun 10, 2014 | Alobar Holoprosencephaly, Stories, Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome)
We went home and sat on the couch for a week, crying and holding each other. By Jess 311 I couldn’t believe it when the home pregnancy test was positive. I thought surely it would not happen so soon. It had only been two months since we started trying. I...
by Amy Collier | Feb 10, 2013 | Alobar Holoprosencephaly, Diagnosis Information
The forebrain normally develops around fifth or sixth week of pregnancy. In cases of Holoprosencephaly, the forebrain fails to divide into bilateral hemispheres. This results in defects of the brain, as well as facial malformations. Holoprosencephaly falls into...