SHUT UP!! SHUT UP!! it comes from the Latin phrase “shut’ meaning “close” and “Up” meaning your mouth you idiot!!! SHUT UP!!
I agree... Had a doctor told me that of my one (and only) kid during the dozen or so ultrasounds my wife went through during her tough pregnancy someone would have hit the floor.
and it would not have been me or mine.
An abortion at eight months??? Absolutely horrendous!
PING
My nephews were born at 23 weeks...not even 6 months. They survived, and are fine. The thought that babies older than 23 weeks are killed makes me sick...because obviously they are aalive and human.
I got a slew of kids.
We refused any tests except one ultrasound later to make sure it was ok for mom but told the doctors no terminations but we would prepare for the birth of a disabled child best we could
none of that alpha feta protien either which is a trap...
and so forth
just routine checkups for mom
and a heartbeat listen at visits
got to know our doesn’t do abortions OB well...still see him some socially..less now that we have gone rural
Our grandson was born with spina bifida the same year Titus was. His mom and dad learned of his birth defect shortly after he was delivered. She had been given the proper test early on, but the rather large defect was not detectable. The nurses commiserated it was a shame the parents didn’t have the chance to abort, which his parents never would have done.
Our grandson had the best of care at a major hospital 200 miles away. After five weeks in NICU, with the parents living at a wonderful Ronald McDonald house, our little guy went home with somewhat scared but adoring parents. They, and all the grandparents, learned to care for his medical needs. By the end of the first day, it seemed a comfortable”new normal”.
He first moved his left leg slightly at three months of age. He first moved his right leg at age 18 months. Three months later, he was able to crawl on all fours. Until then, he explored by commando crawling and rolling. Now, nearly four, he can walk short distances in a specialized walker. Swimming gives him pure joy.
He loves to learn. He knows his numbers up to 100 (up to twenty in Spanish). He knows all his letters and sounds, and can spell many words. He loves reading and music. He does very well in preschool. He loves to laugh, and has a delightful sense of humor. He has been the joy of our lives since we laid eyes on him. Everything we need to do for him is just part of the routine. For every issue that has come up, the doctors have
had a strategy to deal with it. We just adapt to a new, new normal.
We all feel God gave us a precious gift. Dealing with spina bifida is well worth having this sweet boy in our lives. He is happy, with a good outlook for his future.
You’d think that more people would realize how often doctors are wrong in what they predict. How many people who were told, “You can’t have children,” have had them anyway? How many people with “this long” to live are alive long afterward? How many children (or accident victims) who would “never walk” or talk, etc., are doing it anyway?