by Amy Collier | Mar 23, 2015 | Articles, Opinion, Religious Perspectives, Stories, Trisomy 18 (Edward's syndrome)
I had the honor to be the only person with him for nine hours up until he took his last breath. By Marna Cathleen Today is the second anniversary of Blue’s EDD (expected due date). Two years ago today me, her father, family and friends gathered to honor her life. This...
by Amy Collier | Mar 15, 2015 | Termination after 24 weeks, Trisomy 18 (Edward's syndrome)
I do love my daughter regardless of what her extreme physical and mental limitations would have been. By Gina Years ago I traveled to Kansas to obtain an abortion. Even now, after all this time, I try to think of a euphemism for it. I interrupted the pregnancy. I made...
by Amy Collier | Mar 8, 2015 | Anencephaly, Induction/L&D, Neural Tube Defects
I was only 17 at the time. This was my first child. By C.C. I found out three months into my pregnancy that I my baby was a girl. I also found out she had anencephaly. My body didn’t have enough folic acid to allow the baby’s brain and skull to form. I was...
by Amy Collier | Mar 6, 2015 | Induction/L&D, Stories
It is so hard to go through the pain of childbirth only to go home empty handed. By B.B. I was barely 24, single and living with my parents when I found out I was pregnant. I wasn’t certain if I was ready to have children and ambivalent about continuing the...
by JD | Mar 3, 2015 | D&C, D&E
I did everything “right” with my pregnancy: ate healthy foods, avoided caffeine, drugs, drinking, and smoking By Caleb’s Mother I was 23 and didn’t even know I was pregnant at first. I’d told my doctor I was really tired and I was having...
