My Child, My Gift:
A Positive Response to Serious Prenatal Diagnosis
A well-researched yet easily understandable, positive guide when you need to make sense out of what seems to be senseless.
"If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hope."
---Clement of Alexandria
The routine ultrasound revealed that Andrew's brain and stomach were completely full of fluid. The doctor said, "It looks like the baby is compromised and has hydrocephalus." I already had two children with Down syndrome (our first born and then her brother whom we had adopted) and I wanted to continue the pregnancy. The doctor said, "The baby looks so compromised that it could affect your health. You need to get an amnio to be sure." The amnio revealed that the baby had Trisomy 13. The likelihood that he would make it full term was 10%. I was fine with those odds. I just wanted to nurture my baby and, if he didn't make it, I would honor his life in utero. All information from the doctors was really negative and disappointing. Our pediatrician was horrified. He saw "lawsuit" written all over this. (Emily, mom of Andrew who was born with Trisomy 13)
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