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Heartbreak of Arizona mother who refused to abort conjoined twins Josiah and Isaiah
Daily Mail UK ^ | October 16, 2024 | Alex Hammer

Posted on 10/16/2024 8:34:09 AM PDT by Morgana

A young mother who refused to abort her conjoined twins is asking for money to fund their funeral.

Brianna Pereyda, 20, gave birth to Josiah and Isaiah at Banner UMC Tucson in Arizona on October 9, against the advice of local doctors.

The two passed shortly after being born, unable to breathe due to undeveloped organs.

Pereyda, already a mom of two healthy boys, posted the GoFundMe anticipating this, three days early.

There, she wrote that 'even after all the professional doctors [warnings], she 'couldn't find it in my heart to end two souls.' This came after doctors told her the two had no chance or survival.

'In my eyes, they are still babies,' she continued, before branding the soon-to-be late children 'a blessing from God the Almighty.

'They deserve every chance to live if that is God's plan,' she asserted, and 'deserve for me to fight for them and to live.

'I am currently making preparations with a priest and planning to have both babies blessed along with funeral arrangements and a church service.'

The then hospitalized mother-of-two went on to lay out her situation, explaining how she had ignored the initial advice of doctors after finding out about the twins' condition during a checkup 16 weeks into her pregnancy.

She was told the conjoined twins had spine, body, and organ abnormalities, and that both had 'zero chance of survival' upon being delivered, Pereyda recalled - citing how once born, they would not have the ability to breathe on their own.

'My doctors also advised to abort due to the high risk for me and my unborn babies.

'I realized my doctors are concerned about me and the babies' health due to it being a very rare pregnancy,' she continued.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: abortion; prolife; siamesetwins; tragic
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Look at the pic on the link.

This is why you don't abort babies like these. This mom and dad got to love these babies for a few minutes of life. It may only be a few minutes but they will remember that love the rest of their lives.

1 posted on 10/16/2024 8:34:09 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Heartbreaking.

My next door neighbor is going to soon to visit relatives, to help care with their infant. Certain tests during pregancy had indicated the high likelihood of the infant having a genetic derived illness - brittle bone disease - when it was born. They could not abort the child and it was born with the suspected problem. It is heartbreaking but the family is strong and pulling together.

People with the most severe forms of brittle bone disease may die during infancy. However, most people who receive supportive care and medical management can expect to lead healthy, productive lives with average life span.


2 posted on 10/16/2024 8:46:53 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: Morgana

My baby brother died only one hour after birth. He was baptized and given a name, and my mother had him for that one hour. Well worth the pain.


3 posted on 10/16/2024 8:51:13 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Morgana
Some people have life spans of 90 years, some of 9 months. God sets our life span, for His purposes.

"Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them."
Psalm 139:16

4 posted on 10/16/2024 9:00:30 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: Morgana

Takes a lot to get a tear from me, these pics did.


5 posted on 10/16/2024 9:01:53 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Morgana

Prayers for this family.


6 posted on 10/16/2024 9:08:37 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: Morgana

The doctor advised that my youngest son would be born with severe genetic abnormalities. The doctor suggested we explore our “options.”

There was no option. God gave us a child, it was our responsibility to take care of him no matter what.

He’s 18, graduated high school with honors, is a computer wiz, and has a lovely girlfriend. He’s been taking care of me so that I can continue working by cleaning up the house, helping with laundry and dishes, and driving me where I need to go.

We trusted God and He gave us an amazing, loving son.


7 posted on 10/16/2024 9:08:45 AM PDT by TheWriterTX (🇺🇸✝️🙏🇮🇱)
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To: Morgana
Look at the pic on the link.

This is why you don't abort babies like these. This mom and dad got to love these babies for a few minutes of life. It may only be a few minutes but they will remember that love the rest of their lives.


8 posted on 10/16/2024 9:09:46 AM PDT by null and void (If the government won't protect the vote, the border, the citizens, then why have that government?)
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To: Resolute Conservative

Sweet Jesus! Such beautiful babies.


9 posted on 10/16/2024 9:11:21 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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To: Morgana

Just donated. They’re almost to their goal.


10 posted on 10/16/2024 9:16:11 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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To: Wuli

There was a mother and daughter with brittle bone disease in my church. Both were normal and healthy, although fragile. They moved due to employment. I can’t imagine either of those lovely people being killed just because the are not “normal” -— are any of us, really???


11 posted on 10/16/2024 9:26:49 AM PDT by LTC.Ret (I was MAGA when MAGA wasn't cool)
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To: Psalm 73

God sets our life span, for His purposes.
= = =

And His purposes are love and the best for all of us, even as in this case, the parents.

Hard for humans to comprehend.


12 posted on 10/16/2024 9:29:43 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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To: Morgana

Damn I choked and teared up when I saw those pics and I have to hop on a call at the bottom of the hour….just donated, may God watch over their house and family 🙏


13 posted on 10/16/2024 10:24:07 AM PDT by capydick (“the Bible are the answers Withinfor all the problems men face.the covers of )
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To: Morgana

I have even advised my daughters to refrain from the high tech gobbley gook of modern medicine and allow their pregnancies to proceed naturally. It is simply the way it was intended.

No doubt the doctors have no problem pushing for a patient they can count on monetarily for a very long time.


14 posted on 10/16/2024 10:37:09 AM PDT by Racketeer
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To: Morgana

“Your babies have no chance to survive ... so you should chop them up now!”

What kind of demonic thinking is this?


15 posted on 10/16/2024 10:44:03 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: TheWriterTX

Some people trust God, and He gives them unexpectedly talented children.

Some people trust God, and He gives them special needs children whose care is truly exhausting.

Some people trust God, and He gives them children who live only a few minutes.

The Lord giveth, and The Lord taketh away ... Blessed be the Name of the Lord.


16 posted on 10/16/2024 10:48:46 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Racketeer

I was advised to have amniocentesis when pregnant with my last baby. I did the special sonogram with the doctor who would have done the amniocentesis.
He pleaded with me to do it, so I would have time to mourn before he was born.
I told him should I need the mourn, it will be once he is in God’s hands. We had already lost one infant at 12 days 9years before this one.

Btw, my second son is healthy almost 34years old.


17 posted on 10/16/2024 10:56:05 AM PDT by RebelTXRose (Our Lady of Fatima, Pray for us! PRAY THE ROSARY!later)
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To: Morgana

Praise God, those babies are now with Jesus, healthy and whole! May the God of all comfort, bless these parents with peace that passes all understanding.


18 posted on 10/16/2024 11:38:21 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: LTC.Ret

God doesn’t make junk.


19 posted on 10/16/2024 11:52:37 AM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: NorthMountain
I agree. One simply cannot kill their children. It's wrong.

Years ago there was a caller to the Dr. Laura show who was pregnant with a baby that would surely die - I don't remember the details any more. But this mother, knowing her baby would die soon after birth, arranged to have the baby's organs donated. I wonder if these parents did the same.

20 posted on 10/16/2024 12:56:43 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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