Interview 29  

Interview 29

Age at Interview: 37
Background: Pregnancy ended in 1998. No. of children at time of interview: 2 + [1]. Ages of other children: 8, 4. Occupations: Mother - community development worker, Father - play worker. Marital status: married. Ethnic background: White British.

Brief outline:Their 2nd pregnancy: mother had gestational diabetes so had regular blood tests and scans throughout pregnancy. Amniocentesis at 16 weeks was clear. Scan at 30 weeks indicated neural tube defect. Detailed scans indentified alobar holoprosencephaly. Pregnancy was ended by feticide and induction at 31 weeks. Parents declined post mortem. They have had another baby since the termination.


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Says that having another baby as well as the passage of time helped him and his wife recover from the termination.

 



Well, I would say it's tough but... it's possible to get through it, but it is a very very tough time, and there's no way of making it any easier, other than, as you say, the passage of time is the only thing that can make a difference. We're fortunate that we're in a position where we can consider having another child afterwards, and I think that does make a big difference. Because our baby's problem wasn't a genetic one, we were reasonably happy with the idea that, that it wasn't going to be something that would necessarily happen again, so we were happy to go ahead with another pregnancy and very glad that we did.

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