Chapter 60: Lethal Congenital Anomalies: Prenatal Diagnosis and the Management of Pregnancy

prenatal diagnosis of lethal birth defects, baby diagnosed with fatal abnormality, continuing pregnancy after terrible diagnosis, trisomy 18 support and palliative care, potter's syndrome pregnancy management, spina bifida detected on ultrasound, amniocentesis risks and fetal loss rate, chorionic villus sampling miscarriage risk, triple test false positive rate, down syndrome screening accuracy problems, perinatal hospice program, supporting families through lethal anomaly, moral alternative to selective abortion, carrying baby to term with fatal condition, cumulus oophorus ultrasound appearance, preconception genetic screening, non-directive counseling reproductive genetics, prenatal testing without abortion option, spiritual and psychological growth through loss, parenting dying baby before and after birth, physician support for continuing pregnancy, ethics of prenatal diagnosis, invasive testing embryo risk, early ultrasound gestational sac discrepancy, miscarriage prediction from sac measurement