Finding a surrogate is a highly emotional task.
The searching and waiting can be frustrating and then you have to tackle
some difficult topics.
We are very uneducated in respect to the types of
difficulties an unborn baby might go through.
Hopefully we are not confronted by any hard decisions during our
journey, but we thought it would be good to know about as many different conditions
as possible. Ryan and I have discussed what we think our approach might be if we
ever have a baby that is impacted by any of the following medical conditions.
Chromosomal
Trisomy 21 – Down Syndrome – intellectual and
physical difficulties
Trisomy 18 – Edward Syndrome – intellectual and
physical difficulties
Trisomy 13 – Intellectual and physical difficulties
Neural Tube
Spina Bifida – Unclosed neural tube
Anencephaly – Underdevelopment of brain and skull
Encephalocele – Underdevelopment of brain and skull
Heart
Tetralogy of Fallot – Structural heart
malformations
Transposition of the great vessels – Structural
heart malformations
Other
Cystic fibrosis – Lung and digestive abnormalities
Sickle Cell Anaemia – haemoglobin abnormalities
Tay-Sashs – Neurological abnormality
Canavan – Neurological abnormality
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