by Fetal Health Foundation | Dec 18, 2023 | Blogs, front-page, News, Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome
Performing surgery on triplets is more complex than on twins. In Tiffini’s case, there were two placentas: Hannah had one placenta all to herself, while Sophia and Isabella were sharing the other placenta, albeit unequally. Sophia and Isabella were affected by TTTS when the volume of blood flow across the connecting blood vessels between them became uneven, with Isabella getting too much and Sophia getting too little.
by Fetal Health Foundation | Nov 27, 2023 | Blogs, Kidney, Bladder, and Genital Abnormalities, News, Story
Ten years ago, Abigail Beutler was born without kidneys, a condition called bilateral renal agenesis. Against all odds, she’s alive today to play with her Breyer horses, read her favorite Paul Revere adventure book, and challenge her brother in archery. The family was...
by Fetal Health Foundation | Oct 26, 2023 | front-page, News, Spina Bifida, Story
When faced with a severe form of spina bifida, Iliana underwent cutting-edge in-utero surgery at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. Today she is thriving thanks to her mother’s courageous decision.
“I had the chance to give my baby a better opportunity in life, and I took it.”
by Fetal Health Foundation | Sep 27, 2023 | Congenital Heart Disease/Defects, Fetal Cardiac Abnormalities, front-page, News, Story
Alyssa was five months along and an ultrasound revealed that their baby, Nya, had a heart condition, ductus arteriosus.
Alyssa was told that her daughter might need surgery immediately after being born.
by Fetal Health Foundation | Aug 4, 2023 | Blogs, Cardiac Disease, Condition, Fetal Cardiac Abnormalities, front-page, News, Story
When Brittany and Nicholas’ unborn baby, Cecelia, was diagnosed with fetal heart block at 24 weeks gestation, their lives changed immediately — in the most literal sense of the word. They lived in Montana and when their doctor first suspected the heart issue, he told...
