fortunatemother

[fortunatemother]

Hi, this is my first tumblr and I’m excited to share, and hopefully find some support with what I’m going through. Last year I was pregnant and was super excited about having my first child with my husband, but the pregnancy took a bad turn. When I did my first ultra sound, the doctor seen something wrong. At first I was scared because I knew I wasn’t ready to have a child with any developmental problems, but hey, a lot of people aren’t ready to have children period. Well, the doctor explained to me that it appears that my daughter had a deformity with her feet. However, it was too soon to know if that was certain so she scheduled me for another ultrasound and to take some test. The first test I had I tested positive for this rare syndrome called Smith Lemli Opitz syndrome. Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome affects an estimated 1 in 40,000 to 1 in 70,000 newborns in North America.[3] The exact incidence of this condition is unknown. At that time I was so scared and all I wanted to do was end the pregnancy. But they had me retake the test along with some other ones and the test results came back negative. It’s crazy, when it came back positive I wanted to terminate the pregnancy. I felt like I wouldn’t be able to handle that kind of stress especially while working. I was relieved that the results came back negative the second time. But I was still in murky waters...........

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