This is a lil scarry tho

cherr:
Ante natal care is very important. No matter how late you find out you're pregnant you should register immediately.

I know not everyone is buoyant enough that's why planned parenthood is necessary

but sorry ohh.
is it possible not to know the gender of a baby?
a baby either has a penis or a vagina. except what I'm seeing is not a cloth but a disease.

U c what ignorance have caused.....

GOD WILL HELP

darlenese:
our grand mothers never attended ante natal. I dnt think that is the cause of the problem .

it can be the cause oo..

if she attends antenatal.. she would know that she needs to be taking folic acid everyday to prevent fetal abnormality,,and she would know that she needs to do anomaly scan at 20-21 weeks (not the regular scan). An anomaly scan would detect any form of physical or mental abnormality including autism..and then she would be given a choice to either evacuate the foetus or leave it..

this could have been avoided..

This is for women out there..if you cant afford antenatal..at least be taking folic acid daily the moment you find you are pregnant (its veryyyy cheap)..and do an anomaly scan at 20 weeks.. even if you cannot afford to be doing other regular scans during the 9 months..

booqee:
it can be the cause oo..

if she attends antenatal.. she would know that she needs to be taking folic acid everyday to prevent fetal abnormality,,and she would know that she needs to do anomaly scan at 20-21 weeks (not the regular scan). An anomaly scan would detect any form of physical or mental abnormality including autism..and then she would be given a choice to either evacuate the foetus or leave it..

this could have been avoided..

This is for women out there..if you cant afford antenatal..at least be taking folic acid daily the moment you find you are pregnant (its veryyyy cheap)..and do an anomaly scan at 20 weeks.. even if you cannot afford to be doing other regular scans during the 9 months..

What you wrote here does not make any difference. The two options you gave here are still available. Either killing the baby or leave it. Mind you attending antenatal clinics or taking folic acid cannot prevent the formation of a massive swelling like this. It can Only lead to its detection in-utro. This is not to discourage attending antenatal clinics. Killing the baby now or evacuating while in the womb are same.

See the kind of pains they are putting on this child now.

FreeConCiencE:


What you wrote here does not make any difference. The two options you gave here are still available. Either killing the baby or leave it. Mind you attending antenatal clinics or taking folic acid cannot prevent the formation of a massive swelling like this. It can Only lead to its detection in-utro. This is not to discourage attending antenatal clinics. Killing the baby now or evacuating while in the womb are same.

Trust me..taking folic acid is veryyyyyy important in the development of a baby..and can prevent something like this to a very large extent.

Anyway, for the anomaly scan thing, detecting an abnormality in utero and evacuating the foetus is dependent on the individual and their conscience. While to you evacuating the baby or killing it after been born may appear as the same thing.. many parent would rather evacuate it in utero and then try again.. i mean why bring an innocent child to the world to suffer all those pain if you knew.. But if eventually, the baby is born..killing it is what many mother's conscience cannot accomodate. i mean, kill ur own child..that u can finally see with ur eyes?? common they are not exactly the same..

Again, even if they are both bad.. evacuating is cheaper and wont prick your conscience as much (still depends individually)

booqee:
it can be the cause oo..

if she attends antenatal.. she would know that she needs to be taking folic acid everyday to prevent fetal abnormality,,and she would know that she needs to do anomaly scan at 20-21 weeks (not the regular scan). An anomaly scan would detect any form of physical or mental abnormality including autism..and then she would be given a choice to either evacuate the foetus or leave it..

this could have been avoided..

This is for women out there..if you cant afford antenatal..at least be taking folic acid daily the moment you find you are pregnant (its veryyyy cheap)..and do an anomaly scan at 20 weeks.. even if you cannot afford to be doing other regular scans during the 9 months..

I still have doubt , during my first pregnancy , nothing goes into my mouth without coming out ,including routine drugs , I throw up everything immedietly after eating , it was hell but I still had a healthy baby. I am not encouraging any woman to avoid antenatal. I'm only sceptical about the assumed cause of the baby's condition .

Hmmm

booqee:
Trust me..taking folic acid is veryyyyyy important in the development of a baby..and can prevent something like this to a very large extent.

Anyway, for the anomaly scan thing, detecting an abnormality in utero and evacuating the foetus is dependent on the individual and their conscience. While to you evacuating the baby or killing it after been born may appear as the same thing.. many parent would rather evacuate it in utero and then try again.. i mean why bring an innocent child to the world to suffer all those pain if you knew.. But if eventually, the baby is born..killing it is what many mother's conscience cannot accomodate. i mean, kill ur own child..that u can finally see with ur eyes?? common they are not exactly the same..

Again, even if they are both bad.. evacuating is cheaper and wont prick your conscience as much (still depends individually)

Folc acid during pregnancy doesn't prevent congenital disorders such as omphalocoele or gastrochisis.
Also, an anomaly scan cannot detect autism, which is a developmental disorder. It may help diagnose, along with other blood tests, Down syndrome which is completely different from autism.

booqee:
Trust me..taking folic acid is veryyyyyy important in the development of a baby..and can prevent something like this to a very large extent.

Anyway, for the anomaly scan thing, detecting an abnormality in utero and evacuating the foetus is dependent on the individual and their conscience. While to you evacuating the baby or killing it after been born may appear as the same thing.. many parent would rather evacuate it in utero and then try again.. i mean why bring an innocent child to the world to suffer all those pain if you knew.. But if eventually, the baby is born..killing it is what many mother's conscience cannot accomodate. i mean, kill ur own child..that u can finally see with ur eyes?? common they are not exactly the same..

Again, even if they are both bad.. evacuating is cheaper and wont prick your conscience as much (still depends individually)

I want to maintain that killing a living developing baby while in the womb because of abnormality is same as killing the baby after birth. If the baby is left unevacuated ,there is possibility for corrective surgery after birth. But if the baby hasbeen killed in the womb by evacuating it, that possibility is gone and you have killed a soul. If you have been carrying out abortions for people , my brother, stop it. It is same as killing a human being. It's not a matter of what your conscience can accommodate. A armed robber that goes to kill the bankers and probably, along with engineers, doctors and others who are in the bank at that point in time does not have conscience and will not be judged by amount of conscience he has if caught. He will face the law.
Also,like I said earlier, folic acid won't prevent this kind of abnormality. Its importance is in the prevention of neural tube defects of spinal cord and brain such as anencephaly. This is not to discourage attending antenatal clinics. I am just been factual.

FreeConCiencE:


I want to maintain that killing a living developing baby while in the womb because of abnormality is same as killing the baby after birth. If the baby is left unevacuated ,there is possibility for corrective surgery after birth. But if the baby hasbeen killed in the womb by evacuating it, that possibility is gone and you have killed a soul. If you have been carrying out abortions for people , my brother, stop it. It is same as killing a human being. It's not a matter of what your conscience can accommodate. A armed robber that goes to kill the bankers and probably, along with engineers, doctors and others who are in the bank at that point in time does not have conscience and will not be judged by amount of conscience he has if caught. He will face the law.
Also,like I said earlier, folic acid won't prevent this kind of abnormality. Its importance is in the prevention of neural tube defects of spinal cord and brain such as anencephaly. This is not to discourage attending antenatal clinics. I am just been factual.

well you sound like a doctor or someone in the medical field and maybe you are right on the prenatal drugs thing..abi what do I know? I am only talking from experience of been an expectant mother and the little i've learnt at the hospital.

I wont speak for others..but for me (God forbid it ever happens to me), evacuation is better than giving birth to it (if i knew)..cos if i do give birth to it, killing the baby is never a option..i will forever see myself as a murderer and I cant live with that for the rest of my life.
Yeah, you're right..they may both be murder..but personally, my conscience would not prick me..because I believe I have done the "right" thing for that child and myself. I may be judged by the world and by God, but I, booqee, I wont feel so terrible about doing it.. I dont know about others..

RetroBoy:

Folc acid during pregnancy doesn't prevent congenital disorders such as omphalocoele or gastrochisis.
Also, an anomaly scan cannot detect autism, which is a developmental disorder. It may help diagnose, along with other blood tests, Down syndrome which is completely different from autism.

oh yeah..i thought autism is same as down syndrome..my mistake..

but they always tell us at antenatal that folic acid helps in the proper development of a baby.. if that is a lie, what is the reason for the folic acid they give..cos me I am even tired of drugs every single day..

This is baaaaaaddd