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 Amy Collier | Feb 10, 2013 | Congenital Heart Defects, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome)
Why my “rainbow baby” owes his existence to legal abortion Grace O. About nine months after making my heartwrenching choice to end my 20-week pregnancy due to a combination Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Down syndrome, I conceived again. That was a...
by JD | Feb 9, 2013 | Thanatophoric Dysplasia
Making peace with having “just one” child can be very healthy. By Jennifer The decision to end my pregnancy in 2006 came two days after my now twelve year old daughter, Hannah’s, sixth birthday. She was excited for the arrival of her baby sister, Emily. At...
by Amy Collier | Feb 7, 2013 | Hydrocephalus, Multiple Losses, Stories, Ventriculomegaly
My rainbow daughter didn’t erase the pain, but showed me I could laugh again. By Julie I was unlucky two times. In a row. I had to make a heartbreaking decision to end my son’s life at 21 weeks and terminate a much-wanted pregnancy because of the prognosis of a...
by JD | Jan 18, 2013 | Articles, Opinion
Go forward and honor your child. Live a life. By Sara I am so sorry for your losses. You will get through and life will be good again. Please know that you can handle anything now. Not much could be worse than what we have all been through. I still think of my baby...
