Termination for Medical Reasons

Hello everyone in this horrible situation in belonging to this group. I had a TFMR at the end July of this year. I’m still struggling to get out of bed after 5 months. I’ve been with my partner for 10 years, and we have a 7 year old son together, and I have two other older boys from a previous rela

I am 1 week post my termination at 16 weeks for an amnio diagnosis of Triple X in all cells, after receiving a high probability result on the NIPT. Needless to say my husband and I have had a horrible, devastating time making this difficult decision over the past few weeks. It was so difficult, but

I was briefly on these boards back in 2008 after we'd received a poor prenatal diagnosis of agenesis of the corpus collosum and hydrocephalus due to an aquaductal stenosis, and terminated the pregnancy. As you all unfortunately know, it was a heartbreaking and gut-wrenching time. Somehow I forced my

Hi everyone.... Anyone else here continue to have heavy painful periods after their D&E?  I'm on my 4th cycle out  (tx'd for T18 2/22/11)  and I'm bleeding like a stuck pig and have nasty cramps.  ARGH.  My first period was a ridiculous 14 days long, and since then they have been 7 days (of heav

Has anyone found any books that they’ve found to be helpful?

I've read numerous posts here where women have said they knew something was wrong all along. I am 27, and this was my first pregnancy. In my gut when I would think of my baby, I kept feeling like something was wrong. I didn't, COULDN'T believe I would be having a baby this December. I would search m

Hi, I’m new here and thankful for everyone’s stories. We had an uneventful pregnancy until last week at our 20 week anatomy scan when they found 5 masses inside baby’s heart. The masses aren’t actually a problem since they usually go away after birth and aren’t obstructing anything. The problem i

I'm 17wks found out I have anti kell antibodies and I been reading about all the issues that could occur during pregnancy (stillbirth, blood transfusion through umbilical cord) and than if the baby makes it the baby could pass away after birth or have about 5months of blood transfusions and other th

I’m at a loss and trying to process. I did IVF, transferred a PGS normal embryo, had a MMC. Did another FET w/ PGS normal, NIPT all clear, & then at the 20w scan they detected severe fetal abnormality of the thorax, causing lethal pulmonary hypoplasia. I’m so sad and I’m shock that this is hap

Sorry I just need to vent and put these emotions somewhere. Im scheduled for Induction this Friday for my tfmr. This week has been so hard. I’ve been dealing with this for more than a month already and I’ve had my breakdowns when I’m alone but anytime I conversate about the topic I hold my tears and

This thread is for people to share their labor and delivery (L&D) termination experiences. As this thread is very long and not everyone who posted here comes back to check for replies, please do NOT post specific questions about L&D here.  Please create your own thread to ask specific questi

Today I made the final decision to terminate my pregnancy. Hardest thing to decide but I know it’s best for my baby. I chose to go the route of induced labor because I feel that holding my baby will give me closure and help my grieving process. Tell me about your experience and what I should expect,

I am posting for someone who chooses to remain anon First labor and termination scheduled for next week at 18 wks. Any advice appreciated. What should she bring to hospital?

Hi, I am part of The National Spina Bifida Association Parent Advisory Board. We take no stance on termination due to Spina Bifida. In fact we are starting to train parent mentors for parents who find out that their baby has Spina Bifida. One of the criteria to be a parent mentor is that we will s

Hi all- I have never posted on here before but I am struggling a lot and hoping for a bit of a community boost from others who may have gone through something similar. I had a TFMR in December at 16 weeks after a “grey” diagnosis and have been TTC since with no luck (arg!). It has been really diffic

I just had to terminate my pregnancy yesterday due to the ultrasound findings the day before. Nipt came back all good, but structurally this happened. I always have been taking minimum 400mcg folic everyday before conceiving. This is my second d&c in a row. The last was in Oct 22 due to a triso

Hi everyone, I've been reading through hundreds of your posts since we made the difficult decision to TFMR almost 2 weeks ago at about 22.5 weeks.   Our baby was diagnosed with severe hydrocephalus due to aqueductal stenosis.  We first found out something was wrong at our 18-week anatomy screening.

Hi everyone, I am new here.  I am pregnant with my 2nd baby after just having a beautiful healthy baby girl 7 months ago.  We went in to our 20 week ultrasound on Thursday and I could tell something was not right.  The technician came back in after calling the doctor and sent us an hour away immedi

I'm one month post D&C and having some complications from it? I was diagnosed with miscarriage back in December. My doctor gave me misopristal as my body wasn't miscarrying on its own. I bled for 2 months and in February had a D&C. 2 hours after the procedure I was finished bleeding. However