by Amy Collier | Dec 6, 2018 | Anencephaly, D&E, Diagnoses, Neural Tube Defects, Stories
I was little more than life support for her and within minutes or possibly hours from birth, she would die, without any sense of me or anything around her. By Sara This is my story of ending a wanted pregnancy. I’m putting in lots of details because it’s...
by JD | Sep 25, 2018 | Induction/L&D, Religious Perspectives, Stories, Turner Syndrome
I believe in mercy, and that’s what we hopefully gave our daughter. By Chelsea “Not Compatible with Life.” Crushing words, that confirmed our worst fears. I remember blinking my tear-filled eyes, praying that by some chance of a miracle our daughter would...
by Amy Collier | Apr 23, 2015 | Alobar Holoprosencephaly, D&E
Please tell me how a law mandating that within a 72-hour period before a termination a woman like me has to speak with a doctor or other “qualified health care provider” would have been helpful to me during this excruciating time in my life. By Heather P. Dear...
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 | Jan 21, 2013 | Diagnosis Information, Triploidy
Triploidy (or Triploid Syndrome) is lethal and extremely rare. It occurs when there is a complete extra set of chromosomes. Instead of the normal 46 chromosomes (23 from each parent), there are 69 total. Two out of three triploidy-affected pregnancies miscarry in the...
