Wednesday 10 August 2016

Life With PH: Saying No, for Now, to Being a Parent with PH



http://pulmonaryhypertensionnews.com/blog/2016/08/09/why-pulmonary-hypertension-might-prevent-me-from-being-a-parent/

"I went to a doctor’s appointment in March to see a rheumatologist, who placed me on another medication that causes birth defects. Again, I was warned not to get pregnant. I did something I try not to do at doctor appointments. I began to tear up, and I told her that I wasn’t supposed to have children anyway and I am too scared to adopt because of my dreaded life expectancy. At that moment, she began to talk to me a way none of my other specialists have..."

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