The Murdock’s Story

This is beautiful and made me cry. They asked for a day with their sweet baby boy with anencephaly and were given seven days. I’ll never stop asking for more time with Brielle. God is good and kind.

<p><a href=”https://vimeo.com/137300811″>The Murdock's Story – Branch Lionheart</a> from <a href=”https://vimeo.com/floodsandiego”>FloodSanDiego</a&gt; on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a&gt;.</p>

Antidepressants & Birth Defects

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Solid information on the risks of medications during pregnancy is often hard to come by. Article here.

If you’re taking an antidepressant and are of childbearing age this post is for you. I really don’t want anyone else to have to deal with the loss of their child, especially if it’s preventable.

“The analysis did find an association between birth defects and the antidepressants fluoxetine (Prozac) or paroxetine (Paxil). That included heart defects, abdominal wall defects, and missing brain and skull defects with paroxetine, and heart wall defects and irregular skull shape with fluoxetine. The relative risk increased 2 to 3.5 times, depending on the defect and the medication.”

Family Centered Cesarean


This is the type of cesarean that we will hopefully have. I’m so grateful that this is offered for us. One of my biggest concerns is that I wont be able to hold Brielle alive, with this option I can trust that I’ll be able to hold Brielle as soon as possible. Of course, there is no guarantee that she will be alive, but at least I will know that we did everything we could.

http://seebaby.org/family-centered-cesarean/