My wife was 38 when she got pregnant with our daughter and the physician warned us of the higher risk of Down’s Syndrome and asked if we wanted and amniocenteses. We knew from the beginning that we would choose life for her and declined. Thankfully she was born perfect and is a smart 14 year old space nerd and wants to be an astronaut that goes to Mars.
Good for her. I hope she realizes she’s about to get crucified by The Party of Compassion.
It changes you forever to give life to a helpless little soul who has only hours, days, or months to live on earth. That is the ultimate gift: knowing how painful it will be for you, but giving all you have for your child. It is beautiful. Every family who does as this family did is blessed so much by this chance to give pure love, just pure love without wanting anything in return. And the little angels deserve those short lives wrapped in love.
I wish medicine would return to the Hippocratic Oath.
In scientific jargon, these babies have lethal mutations.
I would not condemn someone for aborting a terminally ill baby. However, I think they are emotionally and psychologically better off if they go ahead and have the baby. With abortion, there is always some doubt—what if the tests were wrong, mixed up in the lab or something? And the mother has the knowledge that she had her child killed. When the child dies naturally, there is no doubt, and the mother does not have to live with knowing she killed her child.
There are hospices for women pregnant with terminally ill infants. They seem to be very compassionate and understanding.
Mrs. henkster’s college roommate’s daughter Lois had Trisomy 18. She passed a year ago at age 13. The surgeries and medical complications were staggering. However, her parents were Christians and never questioned their choice to accept God’s gift and provided a loving home as best they could.
It is so ridiculous, your child will likely not live long, so he/she should be killed straight away.
Glad you kept your baby. Our son and wife had a Trisomy 18 baby a few years ago. He survived 31 weeks in the womb. They named him Kyle. Broke their hearts to birth a baby already gone. They were so hoping to hold him alive if only for a few minutes. Four months ago, they were blessed with another beautiful, healthy baby boy.
An incredibly brave woman. Kudos to her for choosing life and prayers to her family.
My daughter’s best friend was pregnant with a baby with severe birth defects that she was told she would not carry the baby to term. And if the baby was born then it would not live for long. She was advised that she could terminate the pregnancy if she wished. Her answer to that was that she was the baby’s mother and as such is responsible for giving the baby life. She would continue to give her baby life even if that life was spent entirely within her womb.
This woman is a saint and will see her child again. God bless that family.
Rick Santorum’s daughter Bella has this and has outlived all predictions
15 years ago, I too learned my son had T18 at 25 weeks. The doctor did recommend that I “deliver” the baby right away.
I asked if the pregnancy posed any risks to me and was told no. So I said then there is no reason to “deliver” him. I am a devout catholic and would not even consider terminating a pregnancy. I carried him to 32 weeks, he was born via C-section and was baptized immediately. He died a few hours post birth on 07-21-2000. Saddest day of our lives. What gave me comfort was when I saw the results of the Amnio showing the chromosome abnormality. There were 3 number 18 chromosomes. It was 3, as in the Trinity. I realized he belonged to God.