The Resource Our heartbreaking choices : forty-six women share their stories of interrupting a much-wanted pregnancy, [edited by] Christie Brooks
Our heartbreaking choices : forty-six women share their stories of interrupting a much-wanted pregnancy, [edited by] Christie Brooks
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- Summary
- This book is about abortion, but more specifically, about abortions sought due to a poor prenatal diagnosis or due to serious maternal health complications. Containing 46 personal stories from women who decided to interrupt a much-wanted and often times, much-planned, pregnancy
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xix, 394 p.
- Contents
-
- Abby's story, "Dear Isaac-" : bilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney disease -- Adrianne's story, "I am a good mom" : Turner syndrome -- Amanda's story, "An angel is born" : Down syndrome -- Amy's story, "A heartbreaking choice and twin reduction, Kayla's story" : Down syndrome in a twin pregnancy -- Ayliea's story, "My miracle baby" : Down syndrome -- Barbara's story, "A letter to Julian" : Down syndrome -- Briar's story, "Rethinking choice" : Down syndrome -- Carrie's story, "Our warrior princess" : Cat eye syndrome -- Catherine's story, "The blue marble" : Down syndrome -- Christie's story, "Even the darkest cloud has a silver lining" : Congenital diaphragmatic hernia -- Christina's story, "My forgotten son" : Spina bifida, omphalocele, heart defect -- Claire's story, "The three-year mark" : Ring supernumerary marker chromosome -- Colette's story, "My chance at motherhood" : Multifetal pregnancy reduction -- Corinne's story, "My journey of loss and endurance" : Down syndrome -- Dana's story, "Wanted" -- Down syndrome and hypoplastic left heart syndrome -- Dawn's story, "Making the childfree choice after a heartbreaking choice" : Hyperemesis gravidarum -- Ellen's story, "Bittersweet blessings" : Spina bifida -- Emme Bea's story, "Christopher's gift" : Cystic fibrosis -- Jen's story, "My greatest gift" : Lethal skeletal dysplasia -- Jennifer's story, "Expecting" : Turner syndrome -- Jenny's story, "It is not the length of life, but the depth of life" : Trisomy 18 -- Jess' story, "I miss them both" : Trisomy 13 -- Jessica's story, "Our brief but bright light" : Lethal skeletal dysplasia -- Karen's story, "My journey to parenthood" : Uniparental disomy cystic fibrosis --
- Karen H.'s story, "Gambling with the odds" : Cystic fibrosis -- Kathryn's story, "What are the odds?" : Peroxisome biogenesis disorder, Zellweger syndrome spectrum -- Kendall's story, "My son, my teacher" : Spina bifida -- KerriAnn's story, "A mother's intuition" : Multicystic dysplastic kidney disease -- Kristi's story, "Did she think I wouldn't love her?" : Anencephaly -- Liz's story, "Heartache into healing" : Trisomy 18 -- Louise's story, "His big brother" : Spina bifida -- Lucy's story, "Lucy, James, and Sevi" : Renal defect, oligohydramnios -- Marsha's story, "My cross to bear" : Severe hydrocephalus, absence of cerebellum -- Mary's story, "Because we loved her, the story of a late-term termination" : Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome -- Michele's story, "Why I go on" : Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, ring 15 chromosome -- Nicole's story, "Lightning strikes twice" : Spina bifada -- Renee's story, "Protecting my boys" : Polycystic kidney disease -- Sara's story, "Indelible" : Down syndrome -- Shari's story, "An atheist's perspective : allegedly pregnant" : Down syndrome -- Suzanne's story, "Change of plans" : Trisomy 18 -- T's story, "Autosomal dominant genetic disorder" : Nail-patella syndrome -- Tammy's story, "Too special for Earth" : Anencephaly -- Tania's story, "Surviving Jacob's broken heart" : Complex heart defects -- TJ's story, "An unexpected diagnosis of Down syndrome" : Down syndrome -- Wendy's story, "Broken dreams" : Spina bifida -- Zaylie's story, "Having hope" : Severe hydrocephalus, oligohydramnios
- Isbn
- 9780595530472
- Label
- Our heartbreaking choices : forty-six women share their stories of interrupting a much-wanted pregnancy
- Title
- Our heartbreaking choices
- Title remainder
- forty-six women share their stories of interrupting a much-wanted pregnancy
- Statement of responsibility
- [edited by] Christie Brooks
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This book is about abortion, but more specifically, about abortions sought due to a poor prenatal diagnosis or due to serious maternal health complications. Containing 46 personal stories from women who decided to interrupt a much-wanted and often times, much-planned, pregnancy
- Cataloging source
- NTG
- Dewey number
- 363.46
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Brooks, Christie
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Abortion
- Abortion, Therapeutic
- Abortion
- Abortion
- Abortion
- Label
- Our heartbreaking choices : forty-six women share their stories of interrupting a much-wanted pregnancy, [edited by] Christie Brooks
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Contents
-
- Abby's story, "Dear Isaac-" : bilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney disease -- Adrianne's story, "I am a good mom" : Turner syndrome -- Amanda's story, "An angel is born" : Down syndrome -- Amy's story, "A heartbreaking choice and twin reduction, Kayla's story" : Down syndrome in a twin pregnancy -- Ayliea's story, "My miracle baby" : Down syndrome -- Barbara's story, "A letter to Julian" : Down syndrome -- Briar's story, "Rethinking choice" : Down syndrome -- Carrie's story, "Our warrior princess" : Cat eye syndrome -- Catherine's story, "The blue marble" : Down syndrome -- Christie's story, "Even the darkest cloud has a silver lining" : Congenital diaphragmatic hernia -- Christina's story, "My forgotten son" : Spina bifida, omphalocele, heart defect -- Claire's story, "The three-year mark" : Ring supernumerary marker chromosome -- Colette's story, "My chance at motherhood" : Multifetal pregnancy reduction -- Corinne's story, "My journey of loss and endurance" : Down syndrome -- Dana's story, "Wanted" -- Down syndrome and hypoplastic left heart syndrome -- Dawn's story, "Making the childfree choice after a heartbreaking choice" : Hyperemesis gravidarum -- Ellen's story, "Bittersweet blessings" : Spina bifida -- Emme Bea's story, "Christopher's gift" : Cystic fibrosis -- Jen's story, "My greatest gift" : Lethal skeletal dysplasia -- Jennifer's story, "Expecting" : Turner syndrome -- Jenny's story, "It is not the length of life, but the depth of life" : Trisomy 18 -- Jess' story, "I miss them both" : Trisomy 13 -- Jessica's story, "Our brief but bright light" : Lethal skeletal dysplasia -- Karen's story, "My journey to parenthood" : Uniparental disomy cystic fibrosis --
- Karen H.'s story, "Gambling with the odds" : Cystic fibrosis -- Kathryn's story, "What are the odds?" : Peroxisome biogenesis disorder, Zellweger syndrome spectrum -- Kendall's story, "My son, my teacher" : Spina bifida -- KerriAnn's story, "A mother's intuition" : Multicystic dysplastic kidney disease -- Kristi's story, "Did she think I wouldn't love her?" : Anencephaly -- Liz's story, "Heartache into healing" : Trisomy 18 -- Louise's story, "His big brother" : Spina bifida -- Lucy's story, "Lucy, James, and Sevi" : Renal defect, oligohydramnios -- Marsha's story, "My cross to bear" : Severe hydrocephalus, absence of cerebellum -- Mary's story, "Because we loved her, the story of a late-term termination" : Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome -- Michele's story, "Why I go on" : Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, ring 15 chromosome -- Nicole's story, "Lightning strikes twice" : Spina bifada -- Renee's story, "Protecting my boys" : Polycystic kidney disease -- Sara's story, "Indelible" : Down syndrome -- Shari's story, "An atheist's perspective : allegedly pregnant" : Down syndrome -- Suzanne's story, "Change of plans" : Trisomy 18 -- T's story, "Autosomal dominant genetic disorder" : Nail-patella syndrome -- Tammy's story, "Too special for Earth" : Anencephaly -- Tania's story, "Surviving Jacob's broken heart" : Complex heart defects -- TJ's story, "An unexpected diagnosis of Down syndrome" : Down syndrome -- Wendy's story, "Broken dreams" : Spina bifida -- Zaylie's story, "Having hope" : Severe hydrocephalus, oligohydramnios
- Control code
- ocn298265919
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xix, 394 p.
- Isbn
- 9780595530472
- System control number
- (OCoLC)298265919
- Label
- Our heartbreaking choices : forty-six women share their stories of interrupting a much-wanted pregnancy, [edited by] Christie Brooks
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Contents
-
- Abby's story, "Dear Isaac-" : bilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney disease -- Adrianne's story, "I am a good mom" : Turner syndrome -- Amanda's story, "An angel is born" : Down syndrome -- Amy's story, "A heartbreaking choice and twin reduction, Kayla's story" : Down syndrome in a twin pregnancy -- Ayliea's story, "My miracle baby" : Down syndrome -- Barbara's story, "A letter to Julian" : Down syndrome -- Briar's story, "Rethinking choice" : Down syndrome -- Carrie's story, "Our warrior princess" : Cat eye syndrome -- Catherine's story, "The blue marble" : Down syndrome -- Christie's story, "Even the darkest cloud has a silver lining" : Congenital diaphragmatic hernia -- Christina's story, "My forgotten son" : Spina bifida, omphalocele, heart defect -- Claire's story, "The three-year mark" : Ring supernumerary marker chromosome -- Colette's story, "My chance at motherhood" : Multifetal pregnancy reduction -- Corinne's story, "My journey of loss and endurance" : Down syndrome -- Dana's story, "Wanted" -- Down syndrome and hypoplastic left heart syndrome -- Dawn's story, "Making the childfree choice after a heartbreaking choice" : Hyperemesis gravidarum -- Ellen's story, "Bittersweet blessings" : Spina bifida -- Emme Bea's story, "Christopher's gift" : Cystic fibrosis -- Jen's story, "My greatest gift" : Lethal skeletal dysplasia -- Jennifer's story, "Expecting" : Turner syndrome -- Jenny's story, "It is not the length of life, but the depth of life" : Trisomy 18 -- Jess' story, "I miss them both" : Trisomy 13 -- Jessica's story, "Our brief but bright light" : Lethal skeletal dysplasia -- Karen's story, "My journey to parenthood" : Uniparental disomy cystic fibrosis --
- Karen H.'s story, "Gambling with the odds" : Cystic fibrosis -- Kathryn's story, "What are the odds?" : Peroxisome biogenesis disorder, Zellweger syndrome spectrum -- Kendall's story, "My son, my teacher" : Spina bifida -- KerriAnn's story, "A mother's intuition" : Multicystic dysplastic kidney disease -- Kristi's story, "Did she think I wouldn't love her?" : Anencephaly -- Liz's story, "Heartache into healing" : Trisomy 18 -- Louise's story, "His big brother" : Spina bifida -- Lucy's story, "Lucy, James, and Sevi" : Renal defect, oligohydramnios -- Marsha's story, "My cross to bear" : Severe hydrocephalus, absence of cerebellum -- Mary's story, "Because we loved her, the story of a late-term termination" : Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome -- Michele's story, "Why I go on" : Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, ring 15 chromosome -- Nicole's story, "Lightning strikes twice" : Spina bifada -- Renee's story, "Protecting my boys" : Polycystic kidney disease -- Sara's story, "Indelible" : Down syndrome -- Shari's story, "An atheist's perspective : allegedly pregnant" : Down syndrome -- Suzanne's story, "Change of plans" : Trisomy 18 -- T's story, "Autosomal dominant genetic disorder" : Nail-patella syndrome -- Tammy's story, "Too special for Earth" : Anencephaly -- Tania's story, "Surviving Jacob's broken heart" : Complex heart defects -- TJ's story, "An unexpected diagnosis of Down syndrome" : Down syndrome -- Wendy's story, "Broken dreams" : Spina bifida -- Zaylie's story, "Having hope" : Severe hydrocephalus, oligohydramnios
- Control code
- ocn298265919
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xix, 394 p.
- Isbn
- 9780595530472
- System control number
- (OCoLC)298265919
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