by Fetal Health Foundation | Jul 18, 2022 | Condition, front-page, Myelomeningocele/Spina Bifida, News, Spina Bifida, Story
“The doctor came in and handed me a box of tissues,” Katie recalls. “She was saying something about an abnormal pregnancy, shunts, abnormalities of the left leg, club foot. I was in complete shock at that point, and I couldn’t really make out what she was saying because it felt like time was suspended.”
In a span of two hours, their lives had been turned upside down.
by Fetal Health Foundation | Jul 8, 2022 | Abdominal Wall Defect, Blogs, front-page, News, Omphalocele, Story
When Brianne Jacobsen was 20 weeks pregnant, her ultrasound revealed that her developing baby’s internal organs were sticking out of its abdomen. The birth defect, known as an omphalocele, required the higher level of expertise of the UC Davis Fetal Care and Treatment Center team.
