Mother Was Reportedly Offered 10 Abortions by Doctors Before Giving Birth to Healthy Baby Girl
For new parents, bringing a little life into the world is one of the best experiences you can have — and one of the most terrifying. Infants are so fragile, so vulnerable to hurt and harm.
One British mother learned that truth firsthand. According to Metro, 29-year-old Manchester resident Natalie Halson had a dream pregnancy in every area but one.
When her pregnancy reached 22 weeks of gestation, she went for a routine scan. What the physicians discovered shocked everyone.
Her unborn baby had spina bifida. The Sun reported that the nation experiences roughly 1,500 such pregnancies annually.
The condition results in a gap in the spine due to improper development. However, it leads to other deficiencies, such as paralysis, digestive issues and neurological deficiencies.
The way that doctors allegedly reacted to the diagnosis bothered Halson more than her unborn baby’s condition. They explained to the expectant mother that her child would have a poor quality of life.
They also reportedly began to urge her to abort her unborn baby and did so multiple times.
“It was so insistent even after I’d repeatedly said no but it was getting offered a termination just weeks before she was born that really upset me,” Halson told Metro.
“She was a proper little person at that point. It was vile to think they just wanted me to get rid of her.”
Halson said that physicians offered to terminate her pregnancy at every single appointment. She totaled up 10 offers in all.
However, Halson had some medical expertise of her own, working as an assistant radiologist. As soon as she learned about her baby’s condition, she began to research everything she could about spina bifida.
She discovered that her baby wouldn’t be able to have surgery in utero, according to The Sun. Her spine had developed in such a way that made surgery impossible.
However, she was eligible to have her nerves fused after she’d entered the world. What’s more, a specialist at nearby Great Ormond Street Hospital had performed numerous such surgeries.
“When I got off the phone I went and did tons of research and found out that there were options for my little girl, I felt suddenly really angry that they’d made out I had none,” Halson told The Sun.
“If I’d not had that time to do my research I might have even agreed to the termination.”
Halson delivered little Mirabelle via cesarean section at Liverpool Women’s Hospital. Her daughter was immediately transferred to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital where she underwent her spinal surgery.
“They told me that they’d reattached all the nerves in her back like a zip,” she told Metro. “I was so emotional, I couldn’t stop crying.”
“I would recommend to any parents who are advised to abort, that it isn’t the only option no matter what the hospitals try and tell them,” Halson said. “And always go with your gut instinct, something inside told me that my baby was going to be okay — and look at her now, she’s perfect.”
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