NEWS
Foods to Avoid When Pregnant
Whether it’s your first or fifth pregnancy, this is a special time.
It is crucial to carefully consider what you are eating and make sure you are on a healthy balanced diet throughout your pregnancy.
While you may have to cut out some foods for nine months, some are okay in small amounts.
Curing Spina Bifida
Growing up in the 1960’s, Dr. Diana Farmer’s mother taught Sunday school for disabled children where she first met children who had spina bifida.
“It was a really crummy disease,” Farmer said. Dr. Farmer is now leading innovative research, which holds promise of saving lives and lifetimes.
VIDEO: Fetal Surgery to Treat Paralysis Associated with Spina Bifida
In the video she discusses the improvements that resulted from the initial fetal surgeries, including a reduction in the need for shunts. She now believes that with the latest breakthroughs involving fetal surgery and stem cells that the paralysis associated with spina bifida will be cured in her lifetime.
ADD A TREATMENT CENTER TO THE DATABASE
Families come to the Fetal Health Foundation to find hope, information, and treatment. One way we help them is to provide an accurate database of Treatment Centers offering hope for these conditions.
Create or update a treatment center using the form below or by using this link: Add A Treatment Center
We’ll contact you when the Center is available on the site.
CONNEXIONS MAGAZINE
CONNEXIONS Magazine is just for parents experiencing a fetal syndrome. Available both online and in print, we welcome contributions and advertising. itha@fetalhealthfoundation.org