{"id":243573,"date":"2021-04-23T07:35:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T12:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=243573"},"modified":"2021-04-21T17:32:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T22:32:52","slug":"perfect-baby-missing-limbs-choosing-life-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/perfect-baby-missing-limbs-choosing-life-best\/","title":{"rendered":"‘He’s absolutely perfect’: Mom of baby with missing limbs said choosing life was the ‘best’ decision"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A mother in the U.K. whose 11-month-old son was born missing both of his legs and one arm said she never considered having an abortion despite the advice of doctors and family and friends asking her if she would. She called her son her “perfect” little boy and said her decision to choose life is the “best she’s ever made.”<\/p>\n

At 20 weeks, Rosie Higgs learned that baby Henry had Amniotic Band Syndrome<\/a>, in which the preborn baby’s limbs are prevented from properly growing due to damage of the inner layer of the placenta. Thin strands of tissue, called amniotic bands, form and can tangle around the baby, restricting blood flow and affecting the growth of certain body parts. In severe cases, the strands are so tight they amputate the limbs they are wrapped around.<\/p>\n

Though Higgs was “so worried and upset” when she learned Henry would only have one arm and no legs, she also knew there was no way she would abort him.<\/p>\n

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