by Amy Collier | Sep 25, 2018 | Induction/L&D, Other Diagnoses, Stories
This is Not Mild By Anna As you read this story you might notice that the tone I’ve chosen is a little less conventional than most. This is the way I want to share my story: with a dash of humour, curse words, and sarcasm. Grab a glass of wine, unless you are...
by Amy Collier | Sep 25, 2018 | Congenital Diaphramatic Hernia (CDH), D&E, Stories
So much information was being explained to us. But I only heard the scary keywords: deformed, suffering, uncertainty of survival, termination. This was the most difficult news of our life. By Lillian Adam and I have been together for eight years, happily married for...
by JD | Sep 24, 2015 | Induction/L&D, Stories, Termination after 24 weeks
Ellis is not my great shame. He is not a secret I want to hide away. He’s one of the stars in my universe. Someone to be celebrated. His life mattered. He matters. By R.M. Two years ago we were expecting our third child. After a missed miscarriage at 13 weeks earlier...
by Amy Collier | Aug 24, 2015 | Cystic Hygroma, Induction/L&D, Stories
There was no living child who had these missing genes and no documented cases the same as ours. By H. My husband and I are currently waiting to have our termination in another three days. I am will be 18 weeks pregnant when I have the procedure. At our 12-week scan we...
by Amy Collier | May 6, 2015 | Induction/L&D
I could not drive by the neighbors’ houses because all the little girls were outside playing and my daughter would never do that. By R. V. I had always wanted children very much, and went through the beginning of fertility treatments with my first husband. After...