Cardiac Kid Mom

Cardiac Kid Mom specializes in Caring for and raising a cardiac kid.

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1. Refusing prenatal ultrasound

   Cardiac Kid Mom replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU

   OctoberBride, I can definitely understand in your situation why you would wish to put the entire experience in the past. It would cause more pain and negative family experience than positive. However, before you close the door entirely, you might ser...

2. Refusing prenatal ultrasound

   Cardiac Kid Mom replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU

   Doodle B, you make some good points, however, in most cases people just don't understand WHY certain things are given to their babies. Women can have infections they don't even know they have and gonorrhea and other infections used to be quite preval...

3. Refusing prenatal ultrasound

   Cardiac Kid Mom replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU

   October, each person/family has to make its own decision about such things. Because I had an elder brother who remembered (he was 4) my mother chose to integrate the loss into the family structure and dynamics. We put flowers on Michelle's grave ever...

4. Refusing prenatal ultrasound

   Cardiac Kid Mom replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU

   How very true, tencat. My daughter is one who does not do either pregnancy nor delivery well at all. She was miserable from almost day 1 of each pregnancy and had serious difficulties with her first 2 deliveries. First delivery broke Mom's tailbone. ...

5. Refusing prenatal ultrasound

   Cardiac Kid Mom replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU

   My deepest condolences and sympathies, OctoberBride. I'm so sorry you lost your baby boy. My mother lost a full term baby in 1950 and I don't think she ever "got over it" (she died in 87). That is an experience that stays with you forever, though the...

6. Refusing prenatal ultrasound

   Cardiac Kid Mom replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU

   No big deal, Scrubmouse. I understand completely and I'm sure others do, too. Most people don't know much about Down Syndrome and simply repeat what they have heard through the media. (At least no one refers to Down Syndrome as Mongolism anymore!) Th...

7. Refusing prenatal ultrasound

   Cardiac Kid Mom replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU

   I'm sorry to hear about your grandson's spina bifida, Miranda. (I think we were posting at nearly the same time!) I hope Joseph is doing well without too many complications. My brother and sister-in-law had to do the crash course with my niece. Jess...

8. Refusing prenatal ultrasound

   Cardiac Kid Mom replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU

   Even though I am not a NICU nurse, I have seen enough serious congenital problems during my son's various hospitalizations that I totally agree, littleneoRN! My foster daughter also had triplets so we had a bit of NICU time there, as well. She carrie...

9. Refusing prenatal ultrasound

   Cardiac Kid Mom replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU

   I realize this is an old thread, but I WISH prenatal u/s had been around when I had my kids!! As you might guess by my username, I have a cardiac kid. He has Interrupted Aortic Arch Type B, VSD, bicuspid aortic valve, among other post-op complication...