If you were told that your baby has a rare chromosomal abnormality while 12 weeks pregnant and the baby won't live, what would you do?

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If this is happening to yourself then I am so sorry! But please don't get rid of it. My friend got told her child had 20% of living and would probably die around 5 months due to some disability they "thought" he had. He's now 1 year old living a healthy life.

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I was told early in my last pregnancy that my baby had a rare defect and that if I didn't abort she'd have less than 10% of survival. I refused and decided to carry her full term. The delivery room was packed with specialist because they were sure she'd be stillborn and that I'd get sick. She was absolutely perfect and will be 9 years old in August.  Doctors are not always right and tests fail. Life is God's decision not mans.

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Someone I know was told that their baby wouldn't have a chance to make it after birth. They decided to keep the baby and they baby is doing great. Doctors are wonderful but they don't know everything.

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Someone posted on here not to long ago about their doctor telling them their kid had that same thing. The little girl is now 5 years old and healthy. She posted a pic of her. So I'm sorry the options you wrote suck and I'm not voting. Carry your baby full term, doctors suck nowadays. And most of the time in my experience they are never right. You'll regret not seeing what can happen.

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That's a very hard decision 😔 if you are going through this I'm very sorry! I think I would wait it out because you never know if that baby could live for a while! Doctors aren't always right.

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I was told at 16 weeks that my baby boy would not live and my dr tried to get me to abort but I would not. I gave birth on 8/20/10 to a stillborn son and I do not regret it because I know I did everything for him I could I have abs and the band was wrapped around his head and his skull never formed. I wish you the best of luck in the weeks to come and just know you will make it through this.

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I'm pro choice I always feel like it is a mothers right to make those decisions for her body. That being said I think myself I would wait it out and let the baby be born just in case there was any chance they were wrong. I think the regret of always wondering would be harder to deal with for me than the pain of going through an abortion. If your body miscarried naturally then that is its own thing but I would let the baby be born and spend whatever precious time I could and hope for a miracle. What a gut wrenching decision though! So sorry if this is something you are going through

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I would never even get the test done, that way there's no need to even worry!

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Wow.....just wow. 😢 Can't even imagine how scared one would feel going through this. I can't even begin to wrap my mind around that. Me, personally, I think I would hold on to it as long as possible, still knowing there's a chance it won't make it. That's a really tough one, though.

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Please don't abort the baby! There is always a chance it can survive, just keep your faith! And I'm so sorry if your going thru this but please give the baby a chance. Doctors aren't always right

If you were told that your baby has a rare chromosomal abnormality while 12 weeks pregnant and the baby won't live, what would you do?

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