I am so sorry that you have to go through this. I lost my little
girl Angel, Oct. 14th 1998. Finding out and losing her was the
hardest time in my life. I had her at 20 weeks and she lived for 10
hours and 7 min. She was so beautiful and perfect in all other ways.
I had some genetic counsoling and that was it. I know I should have
had more but at the time I didn't think about it. I became very
depressed and cried non stop. If I had to go through that again, I
would go through the counsoling. once again I am so sorry for you
loss. I wish no more families had to go through this pain.

Angel's mommy,
Sheri



-- In anencephaly@yahoogroups.com, DMAnzaldi@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 1/1/2005 11:00:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> Elvis_shoes2@c... writes:
>
>
> > I am now facing the question of counseling. Do you think that I
should
> > talk to a professional before I have the procedure done? I am
just scared that
> > I won't be strong enough to get through this or my marriage will
suffer
> > because I will be so depressed.
> > How did you cope with going from having a belly and telling the
world about
> > your pregnancy to losing it?
> > Thanks for everything. Believe it or not, with these emails I
feel better.
> > Lisa
> >
>
> We went to a genetic counselor (who basically told us we were not
carriers).
> I did go for a few grief counseling sessions to help me deal with
everthing.
> As far as telling people I tried to have people spread the word so
I wouln't
> have to deal with it or just said we lost the baby if I didn't
want to get
> into it.
> Dawn