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...
It's not true that your baby could cut you. The bones are far too soft to do that. Some doctors say that as they either don't understand the condition or they...
... .like you being at risk becaus of the babys head not being formd and he could cut you inside and you could bleed to death. I just wanted to comment that I...
... and that all said the same thing that if you carie full traem you would be at risk of intenal bleeding and as a health care profesional i wolud beleave the...
... is my ... method did ... family? I ... anencephaly? ... full term or 2 terminate is a difficult to make. I chose to carry full term. The memories of...
to the rumors of the baby cutting you. the babies skull even when it is a healthy baby the skull is not fully formed (soft spot on a childs head) the skull the...
Rae - (or whoever made that RIDICULOUS post about the baby's head cutting) That is so untrue!!! Please do not post such ignorant comments in this group - these...
Thanks to Nicole (knew I could count on you!), Heather and Jenny for agreeing with me about the head cutting scare tactics. And that is all they are Rae, no...
Yvonne, last night I posted a pretty long post concerning this. Now it is gone ?? I dont know if it got deleted or if something is just up with my computer. I...
i am so very sory to all my sister was using my computer and she thinks she knows all and that she is never wrong ,but in this case i have to agree with you...
My name is Claudia , I lost my beloved douther JUSFIN 3 months ago,and at the same time I got a new baby her twin sister BIANCA..All my pregnancy was very hard...
Welcome Claudia. My name's Yvonne and I live in Scotland. My first daughter Ceilidh was born still due to anencephaly at 42 weeks in 1994. I can't believe that...
... ago,and at the same time I got a new baby her twin sister BIANCA..All my pregnancy was very hard for me,I was afraid so much, pain and sadnes full my...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the anencephaly group: Did you smoke while pregnant? o Not with my anen child o not after I found out I...
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It seems a lot of people don't do the polls. I just answered the one about healthy kids after anen - not correct answer yet! I couldn't see the results...
When I became pregnant after losing Ceilidh I was terrified. My doctor had given me 5mg folic acid, which I took for three months before trying again and for...