Cardiac Kid Mom

Cardiac Kid Mom

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, Neonatal

    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,...

  2. Refusing prenatal ultrasound

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

    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...

  3. Refusing prenatal ultrasound

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

    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...

  4. Refusing prenatal ultrasound

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

    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...

  5. Refusing prenatal ultrasound

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

    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...

  6. Refusing prenatal ultrasound

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

    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...

  7. Refusing prenatal ultrasound

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

    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...

  8. Refusing prenatal ultrasound

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

    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...

  9. Refusing prenatal ultrasound

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

    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,...