Surgery in the womb: I ve done the best for her
BBC
3rd May, 2021 05:45:33 It comes with risks, but then this operation will mean I ve done the best for her. In my mind there was no choice - I just had to do it.
After six failed rounds of IVF, Helena had almost given up hope of having a second baby. But on her seventh attempt she became pregnant and things seemed to progress well until her 20-week scan.
There, Helena was told her daughter had spina bifida. It was a very large lesion on her back and half of her spine was exposed. They said that it was likely she will be paralysed, incontinent and will need a shunt to drain the fluid from her brain later on, Helena recalls.