Hi everyone, I am new to this site but am often looking through these kinds of threads to see if anyone else has experienced the painful choice of continuing or abandoning the pregnancy of a disabled child?
4 years ago, I gave birth to my gorgeous healthy son after suffering a miscarriage 18mths beforehand. I breastfed him for 6 weeks but found it wasn't for me and changed to bottles. Without having a period, I fell pregnant again - obviously this was a bit of a shock but my husband and I were delighted and really excited.
Unfortunately, the blood tests at 16 weeks showed our baby had a high risk of Spina Bifida. After having a scan, our worst fears were confirmed.
We decided to terminate the pregancy and on 16th December I gave birth to a tiny baby girl who weighed just 6ozs.
I was so lucky to have a supportive husband and also my son to mother.
I went on to have another healthy son who is now 2 1/2years.
I still often think about this experience and have never actually talked to anyone about it - has anyone else experienced anything similar?
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mumtogusnalbie · 29/08/2006 22:47
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