My pregnancy ended at 5 months because I was diagnosed with this. The baby had only half a brain and severe deformities. My heart aches so bad that I can't stand it. Does anyone know if this is genetic? I would love to talk with someone else in a similar situation. This just happened last week. I do not think I will ever be the same again.
2006-08-28 09:46:04 · 1 answers · asked by Julia 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Time will heal the open emotional wounds, though you will always have a special part in your heart for the pregnancy you lost.
I worked in the field of developmental disabilities for twenty years and experience thru family and work the heart aches, joys and frustrations of having a special needs child. The term you want is holoprosencephaly,the failure of the prosenceplon section of the forebrain (the part of the brain).
Go to www.wedmd.com and you will be able to read on the diagnosis, which I believe applies to the baby rather than the mother.
Contact your local health department and ask who in your state does genetic studies? The geneticist can answer your questions and do the medical studies to help you determine if there is a genetic issue that will help you to decide about having a baby.
2006-08-28 10:14:56 · answer #1 · answered by banananose_89117 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋