{"id":243027,"date":"2021-04-12T07:33:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T12:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=243027"},"modified":"2021-04-09T16:01:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T21:01:43","slug":"doctors-brianne-abort-son-survive-healthy-toddler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/doctors-brianne-abort-son-survive-healthy-toddler\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors told Brianne to abort because her son wouldn&#8217;t survive. Today, he&#8217;s a healthy toddler."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2019, Brianne Yarbrough was excited to start a new chapter in her life since graduating high school the previous year. The 19-year-old had recently enrolled in college with plans to study nursing. But an unexpected pregnancy and unsettling prenatal diagnosis threw the young woman\u2019s life into a tailspin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the reality of impending motherhood took hold, Brianne grappled with a myriad of emotions: embarrassment, trepidation, and uncertainty. She was no longer in a relationship with the baby\u2019s father, yet there was a conviction in her heart that she could not ignore \u2013 that she was meant to parent this baby. Empowered by the outpouring of love and encouragement from family and friends, she felt confident she would overcome the demands of parenthood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was this support that truly counted. She said, \u201c&#8230; I felt like I was on shaky ground, wondering how I was going to make it as a young, single mother,&#8221; she told Live Action News. &#8220;Fortunately, my parents and sisters stepped up and gave me the reassurance I desperately needed and that made a difference in my outlook.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brianne was willing to accept that her life would be forever changed and that she would miss out on the freedom and spontaneity associated with unencumbered young adulthood. She worried about finding a partner someday who would accept her baby as his own. But she was completely blindsided by the enormous challenges she would encounter well before her baby&#8217;s birth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the first trimester of her pregnancy progressed as expected, it was at 21 weeks during a routine ultrasound that revealed her developing baby, a boy, had fluid in his abdomen. Brianne was immediately referred to Akron Children\u2019s Hospital where additional tests uncovered more fluid \u2014 around his heart and behind his lungs. Diagnosed as a condition called hydrops, doctors cautioned Brianne that increasing fluid around the cardiac sac could lead to heart failure. The prognosis was grave \u2013 doctors said her son would likely die in utero.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_211146\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-211146\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-211146\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GettyImages-168278665-ultrasound-20-weeks-700x382.jpg\" alt=\"Planned Parenthood\" width=\"700\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GettyImages-168278665-ultrasound-20-weeks-700x382.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GettyImages-168278665-ultrasound-20-weeks-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GettyImages-168278665-ultrasound-20-weeks-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GettyImages-168278665-ultrasound-20-weeks-500x273.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GettyImages-168278665-ultrasound-20-weeks.jpg 1192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-211146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Stock Image) Level 2 Ultrasound is also known as the Fetal Anatomy Survey or Fetal Anomaly Screen and is usually done between 18-22 weeks.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI felt as if my heart had broken into a million pieces and I was gasping for air,&#8221; Brianne told Live Action News. &#8220;I\u2019ve never been so distraught or felt so helpless.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But then one night, she suddenly felt peace. And amid that glimmer of hope she felt the reassurance of God\u2019s grace and mercy.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt was in that moment, that although I didn\u2019t know what lay ahead, I just knew everything was going to be okay,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mom-pressure-abort-down-syndrome-no-surviving\/\">Mom recalls pressure to abort baby with Down syndrome: \u2018He has no chance of surviving\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since hydrops could be associated with certain genetic defects, Brianne was referred to a genetic counselor. Genetic material from Brianne and the baby\u2019s father was extracted and studied for possible causes of the hydrops. Tests revealed the CMV virus most likely spurred the onset of hydrops. And then, Brianne received concerning news: in the unlikely event that her baby reached full-term, he would likely suffer heart defects and, possibly, deafness. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given the severity of the baby\u2019s potential medical problems, doctors advised Brianne to abort her son.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brianne felt like she been sucker punched. Yes, the devastating report shattered her hope she\u2019d get better news but undergoing a procedure to end the life of her preborn child was certainly not an option. \u201cAbortion is abhorrent to me and to even suggest it was very offensive and made me angry,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I was fighting so my baby could live, so why would I ever consider ending his life?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though her apprehension was growing, \u201cI wasn\u2019t going to let doubt take root,\u201d she recalled. \u201cI kept telling myself: I\u2019ve got to be strong for my baby, I\u2019ve got to give him a chance.\u201d Fortunately, she wasn\u2019t fighting the battle alone. She had on her side \u201cprayer warriors\u201d \u2013 her two beloved grandmas \u2013 who prayed continuously, never wavering in their belief her baby would survive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More determined than ever, Brianne sought treatment for high-risk pregnancies at the Cleveland Clinic. The initial visit revealed a promising development \u2013 just a <em>small<\/em> amount of fluid was visible around the baby\u2019s heart and lungs, although some was noted under his skin. Over several weeks, Brianne underwent amniocentesis, an MRI, and a fetal echo to check for the CMV virus, heart defects, structural bladder problems, bowel perforations or possibly a lymphatic cause. Doctors inserted a needle in Brianne\u2019s womb every four weeks, drawing close to 12 ounces of fluid from the baby\u2019s abdomen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During this time, Brianne was contacted by Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia to participate in a hydrops study involving genetic testing. She wondered if this could be her answer to prayer. \u201cIt was exciting to be involved in this study,\u201d she recalled. \u201cI had always felt the right solution was out there somewhere and that I was going to find it. Things were finally starting to look up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But to her disappointment, none of tests produced definitive answers, except to find that the CMV virus was not the cause of hydrops as initially thought. And, strangely, the fluid in the baby\u2019s abdomen seemed to be decreasing. Doctors were baffled; hydrops was usually a progressive condition. Despite the positive turn, Brianne was cautioned that she still had a high risk of a stillborn birth or pre-term delivery. The baby\u2019s fluid levels would need to be closely watched, which meant an exhausting two-hour-trip to and from Cleveland every Friday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, finally, a tether of hope she could hold onto: if she could just get to 34 weeks, doctors felt the baby might have a fair chance. \u201cThere was no question I\u2019d do whatever was needed to bring my son into the world healthy,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the next few months, Brianne struggled to keep her increasing anxiety in check; making numerous trips with her mom to the ER whenever she couldn\u2019t detect the baby\u2019s movements \u2013 only to find her baby was fine. Much to her relief, Brianne reached the 34<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> week of her pregnancy without complications and her doctors determined it was safe to wait another 3 weeks to induce labor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soon the day to deliver finally arrived, and with her two sisters by her side, Brianne joyfully welcomed her son, Greylen James, who greeted his tearful mama with a hearty cry. Greylen was carefully monitored for two weeks in the Cleveland Clinic NICU \u2014 but doctors found <em>no disease or any health defects<\/em>. Although he still had a tiny amount of fluid in his abdomen, doctors told Brianne that Greylen was an otherwise perfectly healthy baby and should suffer no adverse health effects long-term.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Brianne, \u201cGreylen is a miracle. There is no other explanation. None of the doctors could explain why he was born healthy. But I always knew in my heart God had a hand in healing my son.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/refuse-abort-son-down-syndrome-heart-defect\/\">Parents refuse to abort son with Down syndrome and heart defect: \u2018Jacob has amazed us\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brianne\u2019s mother, however, was never as sure that her grandson would survive the womb. She recalls, \u201cI guess I was a doubting Thomas. I didn\u2019t even want to put up the crib or prepare for the baby\u2019s arrival. I heard the grim medical reports and I kept thinking that Brianne was in denial about the severity of the situation, but I was careful not to convey my qualms to her. This is one time I\u2019m incredibly happy I was wrong.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, the young mother is thankful for her blessings. Her life is filled with picking up toys, changing diapers, and chasing after a very energetic (and adorable) 16-month-old toddler. In addition to that, she works part-time and is taking classes toward her LPN degree. She credits the love and support of her family, especially her mother and most importantly, prayer for sustaining her during a difficult journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through her experience, Brianne learned the value of remaining strong and holding fast to faith. She believes support from friends and family are key to navigating difficulties well and urges women to cultivate a supportive group of caring people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNever give up,\u201d she advises. \u201cStay true to your convictions and keep the faith that things will eventually get better. Never stop believing you\u2019ll get through life\u2019s difficulties.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\"><b><i>\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i> for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2019, Brianne Yarbrough was excited to start a new chapter in her life since graduating high school the previous year. The 19-year-old had recently enrolled in college with plans to study nursing. But an unexpected pregnancy and unsettling prenatal diagnosis threw the young woman\u2019s life into a tailspin. 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