Doctor wanted to abort.......

At the age of 45 my mother went to the doctor, as she was quite unwell.  They found that she had cists on her womb and decided that she would need to be operated on as soon as possible believing that the cists may turn cancerous if not treated.

When they performed the operation, they proceeded to open her right to the womb but could not go any further because they found that she was about 2 months pregnant.  The doctor at the time felt that there was no way this baby would now survive due to the facts that a foetus that young would die from the chloroform and from the shock and procedure of the operation, also because my mother did have the cists and that she was very ill.  He decided that the best thing to do would be to abort the pregnancy, as this would be the best option for both the mother and the baby.  The matron of the hospital happened to be in the operating theatre and when the doctor suggested the abortion, she stated ‘Not in my hospital you won’t’.

I praise God for this matron because I would not be here today if it wasn’t for her.  My mother did have a struggle with her health during her pregnancy with me, but when I was born, she had no labour or birth pains what so ever and I was a very strong and healthy baby, my mother also recovered very well.

Doctor suggested that I abort my baby...

When I was 25 I was not well with thyroid malfunctions and had been put on medication from my specialist.  I remember at one of my check ups he told me very plainly the worst thing I could do was to fall pregnant because of the medication I was on and that if I did it would be very possible that the baby would be Down syndrome.

Unbeknownst to me I was already 6 weeks pregnant.  I had another visit with my specialist, which made me approx 8 weeks pregnant and told him that I was already pregnant.  He gave me the choice of coming off my medication and risk my health to have the baby or stay on the medication and see a doctor about an abortion.  Thyroid can be a dangerous illness if not treated, therefore leaving my decision very difficult.

I went to see a doctor and he strongly advised me to have the abortion.  I was risking my health and really for nothing because the baby would more than likely be Down syndrome.  He told me I had 4 weeks to consider what I was going to do.  After much painful consideration, I decided to risk my health and have the baby anyway because I knew that what was inside me was alive and growing.  Even if he had have been down syndrome I felt that I didn’t have the right to make that choice for HIS life and I knew that I would love him anyway.  6 months later I gave birth to a beautiful healthy little boy (recent picture below) and my health was soon back to normal.

Christine

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