Hi, I am looking for any help ,opions,and experience any one can
offer. My son and his fiancee found out on Thursday they are carying a
baby with Spina Bifida. They and our family are devastated, and are
trying to make the best choice for their baby. The doctors are
recomending terminating the pregnancy and they only have till Wed. to
decide as she is in her 20 th week. Please share any info you can
about the quality of life for this child. Thank you, Lisa
Hi, I am looking for any help ,opions,and experience any one can offer. My son and his fiancee found out on Thursday they are carying a baby with Spina Bifida....
Hello , I am sorry you are so devistated by your family being in a baby with spina bifida, I am a mom to a lovely 18 year old daughter with spina bifida , i ...
In response to silverleaf003; I have a beautiful little girl who has spina bifida. She is 4 yrs old, and turns 5 in November. She is smart, bright, funny, and...
_http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2085/Hevenchld.html_ (http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2085/Hevenchld.html) Heaven's Very Special Child I am a 41...
My daughter is 17 with SB, and I can honestly say now that her birth was a blessing. Had we known about the SB prior to her birth, we probably would have...
My parents were told the same thing about me. (That I would never walk.) Well, 38 years later, I do walk unaided. I hold a full-time job and pretty much live...
Devastated? OH MY GOSH! Don't let them be devastated! A spina bifida child is as WONDERFULLY MADE as a "NORMAL" child. Their child will be so special in...
... bifida child is as WONDERFULLY MADE as a "NORMAL" child. Their child will be so special in every single way, it is hard to fathom the fantastic gift they...
I like that! That's awesome. i"m not a parent, if you saw me live my life i think it would be apparent that i'm not a parent, but I do think that I am a...
Our daughter is 7 now, and she needs splints to walk, uses a wheelchair to go distances and is incontinent, but we would not be without her for the world. Yes...
here is a totally wonderful page i hope you all visit, about the aspects of spina bifida and how it can positively change your life in such wonderful ways that...
Just out of courosity why would they want to terminate the pregancy. My son is Five years old with Spina bifida and he play t-ball, and rides horses for fun....
I don't think it's up to anyone to convince this couple not to abort their child. I'm 22 years old and have sb. I think it's a very personal choice. I wouldn't...
just a personal note from me: I have been seeing someone for several years that has SB. we have talked about having kids. Medical science CAN now days go in...
... not abort yes we have had some very rough times and long very long hspital stays but man if i am haveing a bad day at work i can d the strength she has...
Please don't have the pregnancy terminated. I was born with spina bifida myself and have had problems, yes, but I'm still here at 42 years old. Brenda john...
I too would like to responsd to the doctor's suggestions to terminate a pregnancy. FIrst of the question has to be asked "what is normal" because if you look...
I totally agree with this. Despite my disability, I've been able to accomplish so much in my life. I'm even working now and that was something I didn't think...
I hope I'm not too late with my response since it's Wednesday already. Oh goodness, do I ever understand these feelings! It was just about a year ago that we...
I would have been eternally pissed at my parents if THEY decided to terminate their pregnancy! ;) In all honesty I can imagine how this news could bring down a...
OH MY LANTA! This takes me back YEARS!! I was born with Spina Bifida 28 years ago and my parents were told to put me in a group home and try again for a ...
I had to write this. You go girl! I can't believe doctors would say that. I agree with you too about people not seeing past the crooked walk or even the...
Ok, so I DID give my personal info in the last e-mail! Oh well! If ANYONE in here wants to chat, you know, dish about how DUMB some doctors are (a burdon- oh...
I too have a nineteen year old son who was born with spina bifida. Thankfully i wasn't aware of this until he was born so was never asked if i wanted a...
when I was born back in Nov of 1954, I was born in a naval hospital up at Great Lakes IL. and that doctor patched up my already infected meningocele and sent...
When my son was in the hospital undergoing spinal fusions, we met a man there in his 50's that also had sb. The doctor that delivered him wanted to take him...
Wonderfully put. Nice to meet you and all the others this morning. Glad to see this board hopping. It's one thing to hear from parents, but so much better...
In a message dated 6/7/2006 7:41:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, anton19542001@... writes: Please encourage your son and daughter in law to KEEP the baby...
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