Baby survives abortion
- added June 6, 2008
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- lemonsun12
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"Finley Crampton really shouldn't be here. Although his parents would have loved another child, they knew their baby could inherit a life-threatening kidney condition – and they couldn't take the risk.
After all, their first son had died of the condition and the second was born with serious kidney damage.
So when Finley's mother, Jodie Percival, became pregnant while on the Pill, she and her fiance Billy Crampton, 35, made the agonising decision to abort this child.
Survivor: Jodie Percival and baby Finley who survived an abortion
'Deciding to terminate at eight weeks was just utterly horrible but I couldn't cope with the anguish of losing another baby,' said Miss Percival, 25.
However, Finley had other ideas. And some time after the operation, Miss Percival felt a fluttering in her stomach.
Eventually her doctor sent her for a scan – and she discovered she was 19 weeks pregnant.
The child had survived the abortion and thrived in the womb. 'I couldn't believe it,' said Miss Percival. 'This was the baby I thought I'd terminated.
'At first I was angry that this was happening to us, that the procedure had failed.
'I wrote to the hospital, I couldn't believe that they had let me down like this. They wrote back and apologised and said it was very rare.'
But a week later, another scan confirmed that this baby had kidney problems too, like the couple's previous children.
Miss Percival carries a gene which triggers multicystic dysplastic kidney – which causes cysts to grow on the kidneys of an unborn baby.
Her first baby, Thane, had lived for only 20 minutes after she was forced to deliver him prematurely.
Her second son, Lewis, now 20 months, was born with a similar condition. He survives on one kidney. "
Woah. Ridiculous.
That baby was clearly determined! It came when she was on the pill AND survived an abortion! And look at its face in that photo! Ha.
After all, their first son had died of the condition and the second was born with serious kidney damage.
So when Finley's mother, Jodie Percival, became pregnant while on the Pill, she and her fiance Billy Crampton, 35, made the agonising decision to abort this child.
Survivor: Jodie Percival and baby Finley who survived an abortion
'Deciding to terminate at eight weeks was just utterly horrible but I couldn't cope with the anguish of losing another baby,' said Miss Percival, 25.
However, Finley had other ideas. And some time after the operation, Miss Percival felt a fluttering in her stomach.
Eventually her doctor sent her for a scan – and she discovered she was 19 weeks pregnant.
The child had survived the abortion and thrived in the womb. 'I couldn't believe it,' said Miss Percival. 'This was the baby I thought I'd terminated.
'At first I was angry that this was happening to us, that the procedure had failed.
'I wrote to the hospital, I couldn't believe that they had let me down like this. They wrote back and apologised and said it was very rare.'
But a week later, another scan confirmed that this baby had kidney problems too, like the couple's previous children.
Miss Percival carries a gene which triggers multicystic dysplastic kidney – which causes cysts to grow on the kidneys of an unborn baby.
Her first baby, Thane, had lived for only 20 minutes after she was forced to deliver him prematurely.
Her second son, Lewis, now 20 months, was born with a similar condition. He survives on one kidney. "
Woah. Ridiculous.
That baby was clearly determined! It came when she was on the pill AND survived an abortion! And look at its face in that photo! Ha.
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- lemonsun12
- 3 months ago
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if he can survive that, he could be just fine with the kidney condition
go baby finley!
defying mom already :o)-
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- MissAmanda
- 3 months ago
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Wow that's incredible. This kid would make the perfect candidate for a clone army. -
Thank you lemonsun12 for posting this!
You know, most of us don't think much of the power of procreation that God has given us.
I really wish more people would be concerned with the sanctity of all human life...
From conception to natural death and in sickness and in health...
Funny thing about life, it finds it's own way, much to the regret of some who would deny it's right!-
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- PatrickEdwardMurray
- 2 months ago
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haha i think its funny someone would post a "god" moment for this.
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Hahhaa. Clearly aborted. Yes. Because abortion doesnt mean terminating a pregnancy or anything. This baby was CLEARLY terminated. SO aborted.
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- AnemicElitist
- 2 months ago
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I heard about this story. Thanks for posting it.
I hope we can hear from that Finley in 25 years and see how she is doing
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