Facing a hard choice
On May 9, 2024, I walked in the my dr appointment like I have done for the past 4 times. Happy and in love with my baby boy. We did a 3d ultra sound everything looked normal until we did the scans of the head. My dr walked in right in the middle of the pictures, he told my mom, my husband and I what our baby had it is anencephaly. I am 18 about to be 19 weeks pregnant been really sick throughout my pregnancy. Which made me happy since it meant a healthy baby or so everyone kept telling me. My heart broke this morning when I woke up . I thought I had a nightmare of a day just in my sleep like it didn’t really happen I had to be reminded that it did. Since I live in Texas and state law requires the dr not the tell me to get an abortion but he said that my case is severe and is very unsafe to carry full term. So my husband mom and I are flying off to Denver for a second opinion and maybe abortion.
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I just wanted to say sorry for the situation you find yourself in. Going through all of this is painful enough without you having to travel out of state. There is a great support charity here in the UK and through that I discovered a podcast called Time To Talk TFMR. They cover different situations and I think there’s a couple of episodes about care in the US that you may find helpful.
Hi - I've just come across your post. I hope you are as well as can be. There are excellent support networks particularly tfmr mamas on Facebook which is world wide. Sending you lots of love x
I am so sorry you are going through this. I had a similar situation just a month ago so if you wanted to speak to someone about it, my inbox is open. My heart really does go out to you, sending you lots of love 🩷🩷