Trisomy 18 Life Expectancy | Will Babies With Edwards Syndrome Suffer?

If you are pregnant with a baby with trisomy 18, then you probably have two major questions in your mind:

How long will my baby live? Will my baby suffer?

These two questions inevitably lead you to ask perhaps one of the hardest questions you may ever ask, “Should I continue this pregnancy?”

In our last episode, we talked about how we diagnose trisomy 18. And if you’re interested in trisomy 18, you should probably back up and watch that episode.

In this episode, we’re going to talk about actually carrying a baby with trisomy 18. How do you address all these questions and how do you and your family prepare?

This is a topic I plan to return to because it’s so complex and nuanced. There is just no end to the questions surrounding this important topic. Please leave me a comment below if you have any questions about trisomy 18 that I did not cover.

See you next time!
Tracy

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