Post by Debi on Jun 19, 2004 20:45:21 GMT -5
today's New York Times has a long article : In New Tests for Fetal Defects, Agonizing Choices for Parents..here's the link if I can make it work:
www.nytimes.com/2004/06/20/health/20PREN.html?hp
Much of the article focuses on the tests for DS but also examines how early the tests are and how they can detect conditions that they were never able to dx before, esp. this early. Some very severe, some hardly worth terminating a pregnancy for, that's for sure.
One thing articles like this one never mention is that raising a child with special needs is among other thing.. often quite joyful . Also I think one of the best things in it was from a woman who was a Dr. herself who continued a pregnancy when she knew her child would have cystic fibrous. I think she realized that there is more to a child than their medical history
Still, I found it quite sad and depressing altho I understood the point of view of many of the parents quoted. Why can't they see what we see?
www.nytimes.com/2004/06/20/health/20PREN.html?hp
Much of the article focuses on the tests for DS but also examines how early the tests are and how they can detect conditions that they were never able to dx before, esp. this early. Some very severe, some hardly worth terminating a pregnancy for, that's for sure.
One thing articles like this one never mention is that raising a child with special needs is among other thing.. often quite joyful . Also I think one of the best things in it was from a woman who was a Dr. herself who continued a pregnancy when she knew her child would have cystic fibrous. I think she realized that there is more to a child than their medical history
Still, I found it quite sad and depressing altho I understood the point of view of many of the parents quoted. Why can't they see what we see?
BUT if not experienced first hand you just wouldn't know it. KWIM??
