{"id":243830,"date":"2021-04-26T11:41:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T16:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=243830"},"modified":"2021-04-25T23:07:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T04:07:06","slug":"dude-dad-horrible-possible-diagnosis-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/dude-dad-horrible-possible-diagnosis-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media star ‘Dude Dad’ recalls horrible way they received their baby’s potential prenatal diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Dude Dad” Taylor Calmus usually makes videos that have people laughing \u2014 especially parents. But a video he shared<\/a> in February was a flashback to when he and his wife, who have three children, were expecting their second baby. And though the video ends on a happy note, it takes a heartbreaking look into how doctors often deliver the news that a preborn baby may have a health condition. It’s never a positive experience for the parents, but doctors must start working harder to try to make it less traumatic.<\/p>\n

Calmus explained that during their second pregnancy, his wife Heidi underwent the typical bloodwork to check for certain health conditions at the 14-week mark of pregnancy. They were told no news was good news, but then they received a phone call asking them to come in for more testing because there was the possibility that the baby had a health concern. Like most parents who receive this phone call, the couple went to Google and spent “every waking moment” before their next appointment reading all of the conditions that their baby might<\/em> have \u2014 including conditions that were considered “terminal.”<\/p>\n

When they arrived at their next appointment, they were taken into a room with a table that held only a box of tissues. The specialist came in and began to talk to the couple about their family health histories. The mood wasn’t positive or hopeful.<\/p>\n

“And basically you just sit there going through how people have died,” he explained, “which really lightens the mood.”<\/p>\n

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