Amniotic Band Syndrome - ABS
Babies who died from ABS

I hope that by posting these sad stories I help to bring healing to the families who have lost their babies. If you are expecting I suggest that you not read these stories, you don't need more to worry about.

  Name of Story  Story Description+ 
  Isabelle's ABS Story  ABS affected Isabelle's head and took her life at 21 weeks and 3 days gestation.
  Lily's ABS Story  ABS was diagnosed at the 21 week ultrasound - a band was around Lily's waist and right foot. She was born at 28 weeks but didn't survive.
  Angel Dawn's Story  Angel died before birth due to ABS. Her twin sister, although premature survived.
  Braeden Scott's ABS Story  Braeden Scott was stillborn due to ABS. The band wrapped itself around the umbilical cord.
  Cayden's ABS Story  Cayden had acrania with a facial cleft that was severe but these were just a few of the problems that had been caused by the amniotic bands. Cayden had swallowed one or more amniotic bands causing portions of the skeletal structure not to form correctly. Mainly his skull and chest - displacing his little heart.
  Ellie's Story  Ellie's parents had to make the heart breaking decision to termnate the pregnancy at 19 weeks because she had no chance of survival due to ABS.
  Sarah's ABS Story  her baby was stillborn from ABS
  Chase's ABS Story  Jenn shares here experience with the loss of her baby Chase. Only his head and arms looked normal.
  John Kyle's Story  John Kyle was born and died 1 pound 11 ounces. There was a band around his ankle and around his umbilical cord, and his umbilical cord was wrapped around his foot.
  Joshua's ABS Story  Joshua's Mom, April shares her pregnancy experience and her grief.
  Melody's Baby's ABS Story  Melody's baby died when amniotic bands wrapped around the umblical cord
  Maggie's Story  On February 5, 2007, after 10 hours of labor, I delivered my daughter, Maggie Anela. ‘Anela’ is Hawaiian for ‘Angel.’ My husband and I spent time holding and loving Maggie and have beautiful pictures, footprints, handprints, blankets and her hat in a memory box.
  Vanessa's ABS Story  only lived for 6 days.
  Adrian's ABS Story  only lived for 6 short weeks
  Sarah's Story  Sarah's baby Emily had amniotic bands cutting the circulation off to her fingers, hand, eventually throat, and her umbilical cord
  Baby Kaemmerer's ABS Story  The baby had nothing below his belly, no limbs had developed, the intestines were on the outside of the body and the abdominal wall was not closing. The decision was made to terminate the pregnancy as he would not live past birth.
  Kody's ABS Story  The effects of ABS were so devastating Kody he could not have survived.
  Gracie's ABS Story  The effects of ABS were so devastating she had no chance for survival
  Baby Ferguson's ABS Story  The Ferguson's baby died at 4 months gestation because amniotic bands were wrapped around his umbilical cord
  Faith & Jeff's ABS Story  their baby was stillborn from ABS
  Katelyn's ABS Story  When Katelyn's Mom had a sonogram she learned that her baby had ABS. Doctors didn't expect Katelyn to survive, but she beat all the odds and lived for nine months. This is the story of her short life.
  Zoey's ABS Story  Zoey was stillborn due to ABS. The band wrapped itself around the umbilical cord three times.
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