Theme: Prenatal Diagnosis

A life-limiting fetal diagnosis: Trisomy 18 as an example of supporting parents’ choices.

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A life-limiting fetal diagnosis: Trisomy 18 as an example of supporting parents’ choices.

For those parents who choose to carry the baby to term and see what happens, it’s about asking how to optimize the outcomes. “We still know it is a life-limiting disease. Nothing has changed about the genetics of the disease. But some kids will live, some will leave the ICU, we don’t know which way it is going to go.”