Amniotic Band Syndrome - ABS
Stories of Babies/Children born with ABS:

These stories have been written by parents.

  Name of Story+  Story Description 
Allyssa's ABS Story  Allyssa's ABS Story  Allyssa was born without her right forearm and hand. Her mom shares how she progressed from grief to acceptance.
Alysa's ABS Story  Alysa's ABS Story  Alysa was born with clubfoot and Amniotic Band Syndrome that caused her to lose all the toes on one foot, two on the other and part of 3 of her fingers (including half of one of her thumbs).
Ana's ABS Story  Ana's ABS Story  born in 1996 with ABS affecting three fingers of her right hand, causing cleft pallate, and affecting her pinky toes and causing flat feet.
Andrew David's Story  Andrew David's Story  Andrew David was born missing his right hand and forearm from below his elbow joint.
Andrew's ABS Story  Andrew's ABS Story  Andrew has one hand with 2 fingers and a bud on it and his other hand has 1 and 1/2 finger's on it. He was born with clubbed feet with 2 toes on it and 5 toes on the other foot.
Angel's ABS Story  Angel's ABS Story  born without his left hand and arm below the elbow due to Amniotic Band Syndrome
Ariana's Story  Ariana's Story  Ariana was born missing her left forearm down. I just wanted to add her story because when I found this website it helped me with a lot of the questions and concerns that I had and Ariana loves to hear the stories and look at all the pictures of other kids with "nubbies" just like hers.
  Austyn's ABS Story  After three surgeries Austyn has had all her fingers seperated with only cosmetic defects, a scar from Z-plasty on her leg and her foot and one nail missing.
Azalea's ABS Story  Azalea's ABS Story  Azalea was born with ABS which resulted in cleft lip/palate and right eye missing globe and a band on her left hand.
Berkley's ABS Story  Berkley's ABS Story  born without her left hand. Her mom shares her reaction at Berkley's birth.
Billy's ABS Story  Billy's ABS Story  born with no fingers on his right hand. He is an inspiration to those who know him.
  Blake’s ABS story  The fingers on Blake’s left hand had not developed normally. The thumb, index finger, ring finger, and pinky were very small. The middle finger was just a nub that joined the index and ring fingers together. Blake did not have knuckles / joints in his fingers and was missing a few bones in his hand.
Brooke Elizabeth's Story  Brooke Elizabeth's Story  Born with an underdeveloped arm due to ABS
Brooklyn's ABS Story  Brooklyn's ABS Story  Brooklyn was born with no right hand.
  Bryant's ABS Story  ABS affected Bryant's Left foot and hand
Caitlin's ABS Story  Caitlin's ABS Story  born with her left hand having four webbed fingers and a normal thumb, her right hand her middle finger is just a bubble, her pointer is swollen from constriction, her right foot is missing three toes (she has a big bubble but doctor's aren't sure if there are any bones), her left foot has a partial band just above her ankle.
Cameron's ABS Story  Cameron's ABS Story  Born missing his left hand below the wrist
  Christopher's ABS Story  was born February 2004 his left hand affected by ABS. His mother shares her feelings and concerns.
Ciara's ABS Story  Ciara's ABS Story  ABS affected Ciara's face causing Cleft lip and palate
  Cody's ABS Story  was born July 1999 his left hand affected by ABS - he has a normal thumb but the rest of his hand looks like a mitten. His mother describes his surgeries and shares her feelings at his birth
Conner's Story  Conner's Story  Conner survived twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (which took the life of his twin), inutero surgery, amniotic band syndrome, and a premature birth!
Dalaynie's ABS Story  Dalaynie's ABS Story  Dalaynie was born missing everything below the wrist on her right arm.
  Dionne's ABS Story  At birth Dionne had multiple congenital amputations. Her left leg and foot were actually delivered by c-section.
Elizabeth's Story  Elizabeth's Story  Elizabeth was born missing part of her fingers on her right hand.
Emma's Story  Emma's Story  Emma was born with little nubs instead of fingers on her right hand. Thankfully she has half of her thumb bone.
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