“My heart sank further as each anomaly was listed. ‘Your baby doesn’t have a pronounced jawline. His limbs hadn’t formed below his elbows and knees.'”
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“My heart sank further as each anomaly was listed. ‘Your baby doesn’t have a pronounced jawline. His limbs hadn’t formed below his elbows and knees.'”
“I BEG you, STOP saying this to people trying to have a child.”
“I injected her chubby thighs with steroids twice a day. My beautiful, happy baby gained 5 pounds in a month. She acted like she wanted to crawl out of her own skin.”
“I can only hope I know her in the next life, and the next, and the next. Because I will love her for eternity, and even that won’t be long enough.”
“The heartbreak is nothing compared to the day they come through the door and take off their coat.”
“As soon as he found out, our pediatrician said, ‘Take your son Oliver to the oncologist, too.’ I felt like I’d been punched in the gut.”
“Thoughts of a nice smooth pregnancy went out the window. My biggest fears were coming to life.”
“I cried every time I thought of him not being able to see my face. It was hard not to grieve the baby we once dreamed of.”
“12 years into this gig, I can confidently say parenting a child with a disability isn’t for the faint of heart.”
“My husband was over the moon. ‘Oh my god, our own team!’ I mourned being pregnant for a while.”