Hi Brei, Sadly the chances of you having another anencephalic baby are higher than a woman who hasn't had a baby with this condition. The 'average' woman has a...
Hi Brei. My daughter's first baby born eight years ago was anencephalic and a week ago today she gave birth to her second healthy baby. Her first is 6 yrs....
marsha knight
makbaby@...
Jul 3, 2006 12:48 pm
2012
Why do the odds of having an anencephalic child go up once we have had a anen child? I thought you chaces of having a NTD baby went up, not neccesarily anen....
I was just thinking about the chance of anen being caused by something the mother/father was exposed to in the enviornment etc. I was wondering what type of...
It is very unusual to have a second child with anencephaly, although this does happen in rare cases, as it did with my husband and me. Most genetic counselors...
... diagnosis ... parents ... orange that was used by the us in the Vietnam war caused an outbreak of anencephaly in Vietnam & of the us soldiers children who...
I was taking Nexium from August until the end of December 2004 when I found out I was pregnant. I've heard that PPIs like Nexium can cause the body to not...
I understand your hesitation to open the boxes of her things. I had a really hard time boxing up Logan's things, and it took me a few months after we moved...
i had 2 heathly boys then my daughter was born with anec. i had different dads in all of them and now im pregnant with another child dont know it it has ance...
Re: our situations I lived in North Carolina when I conceived through the time I delivered my baby (Sarah) with anencephaly. I also conceived and gave birth...
I doubt it has anything to do with the father as all 5 of my children have the same father and only my first daughter had anencephaly. As far as I am aware it...
I talked to another doctor this week that has researched and such on NTD - he says the chances of it being gentic from either is not really that high - more...
Just to let everyone know that Jaidyn Louise Holland arrived safe and well at 4:58am (British time!) weighing in at 8lbs 14oz and measuring 21 1/2 inches long!...
Just wondering if your still out there. I had my baby on June 15th. We named her Rose Marie. She lived only 45 minutes. I want to keep in touch and am...
Hi everyone! I'm a new member and I just recently delivered my son who had anencephaly. Kyle Benjamin was born on July 5th, 2006 when I was 33 1/2 weeks...
Welcome. I am sorry you had to experience such a loss. I would love to chat. I have not posted anything on here in a long time but I think of my little...
Hi, I had a D & E following a anencephaly diagnosis at 18 weeks. Also, I had been on 1g of folic acid for 6 months prior to pregnancy and during. I did have a...
Hello all~ I am new to your site as I just found out that my unborn so has anencephaly. I am unsure how we are going to handle this. This is my third...
Nancy - If my experience can help you, I'm happy to share. My middle child (and first daughter, Sarah) was born in Jan 2002 with anencephaly (lived for 2...
Nancy, I am very sorry to hear your little one has anencepahly. This is such a heartbreaking thing to have to go through.My name is Nicole & I lost my son...
I'm sorry that your precious son has been diagnosed with anencephaly. My first daughter Ceilidh was diagnosed when I was 17 weeks pregnant. I carried her to...
I carried my daughter to term and never once regretted the decision. She was stillborn, but you don't know how all of that will work itself out anyway. You...
Nancy, I have carried to babies with anencephaly to full term. This is a difficult thing to do, but I am convinced it is the right thing for the good of the...
... Hi, I chose to have a D & E done at 18 weeks. I do not regret my decision at all. I feel very lucky that this was an option. My husband was also very...
As a result of having two anencephalic children I have done a ton of research on neural tube defects and feel that I should share my findings with all of you...
Hello Nancy, I had 2 normal pregnacies before my daughter amelia then after her i am currently pregnant with a healthly little girl. (i think it is a girl) i...
nancy i also had a baby with anecepaly and we decied to teraminat the pregnace and at the time my daughter was one and she to wanted her sister but what i told...
I carried my son for as long as I possibly could, he physically left me almost 9 months ago. I don't regret a minute of my time with him. ... the pregnace and...