Prenatal Development
The day I found out that I was pregnant was a day of unmatchable joy for both my husband and I. Our joy was continued throughout the pregnancy until the doctor had offered us possible test to see if the baby had any problems. I didn’t want to know until the baby was born, but my husband insisted. The doctor conducted a maternal blood screening, as well as a noninvasive prenatal diagnosis (Santrock 2014, pg. 52).
The tests came back positive for Down syndrome. At that point the doctor asked me if I would consider aborting the pregnancy. I was shocked at how fast that became an option, but I knew from the beginning that was never an option for me. Never once did I consider if my husband wanted the opposite of what I did. …show more content…
The doctor also told me, my water never broke and would have to do that now, before moving me to a delivery room. Next thing I knew the bed I was in was being rushed down the hall. I was finally put into a delivery room, but started to realize that no one was with me. My husband was at work, but I had texted him before I went to the hospital. He was supposed to be meeting me there, but he should have arrived by now. We had planned to have a midwife at the birth, so I found my phone in the pile of my stuff that had been brought into this new room with me. I called her to see if she would be able to be at the hospital. Just as I hung up, a nurse walked in, with my husband following shortly behind. She stayed and checked all the monitors that I was connected to, smiled at me then walked back out the …show more content…
We had been waiting for this moment and spent the last year looking for a school to fit all his needs. We had decided on a public school district that included preschool in their schools. The district provided instruction for many kids just like Brantley, meaning he would have contact with other children with intellectual disabilities, just like he was used to in day care. We were informed that Brantley would never be separated from the other children but he would be part of the inclusion program where he would always have a certified teaching assistant with him (Fiore
The day I found out that I was pregnant was a day of unmatchable joy for both my husband and I. Our joy was continued throughout the pregnancy until the doctor had offered us possible test to see if the baby had any problems. I didn’t want to know until the baby was born, but my husband insisted. The doctor conducted a maternal blood screening, as well as a noninvasive prenatal diagnosis (Santrock 2014, pg. 52).
The tests came back positive for Down syndrome. At that point the doctor asked me if I would consider aborting the pregnancy. I was shocked at how fast that became an option, but I knew from the beginning that was never an option for me. Never once did I consider if my husband wanted the opposite of what I did. …show more content…
The doctor also told me, my water never broke and would have to do that now, before moving me to a delivery room. Next thing I knew the bed I was in was being rushed down the hall. I was finally put into a delivery room, but started to realize that no one was with me. My husband was at work, but I had texted him before I went to the hospital. He was supposed to be meeting me there, but he should have arrived by now. We had planned to have a midwife at the birth, so I found my phone in the pile of my stuff that had been brought into this new room with me. I called her to see if she would be able to be at the hospital. Just as I hung up, a nurse walked in, with my husband following shortly behind. She stayed and checked all the monitors that I was connected to, smiled at me then walked back out the …show more content…
We had been waiting for this moment and spent the last year looking for a school to fit all his needs. We had decided on a public school district that included preschool in their schools. The district provided instruction for many kids just like Brantley, meaning he would have contact with other children with intellectual disabilities, just like he was used to in day care. We were informed that Brantley would never be separated from the other children but he would be part of the inclusion program where he would always have a certified teaching assistant with him (Fiore