Doctors told me to abort my baby after he was diagnosed with a heart condition when I was 20 weeks pregnant - but next month he'll start school

A MUM who planned son's funeral diagnosed with life-threatening condition when she weeks told how has beaten the odds will start school next Zack Murphy has undergone open surgeries despite just years old. Aoife, from County Meath, 26 weeks when scan revealed child serious defect. Doctors in London, Doctors told me Aoife child could in the womb little chance of surviving birth. She offered termination, only that if made it through birth.

Living near oil and gas wells may increase a woman’s risk of having a baby with a congenital heart defect. Researchers writing in Environment International reported on 3,324 infants born in Colorado from 2005 to 2011, comparing 536 babies with heart defects to 2,860 controls matched for sex, maternal smoking, race and ethnicity. They correlated maternal addresses with locations of oil and gas wells and estimated the intensity of maternal exposure (drilling, congenital heart disease in babies well completion, production) from three months prior to conception through the second month of pregnancy. Compared to the one third with the lowest intensity of exposure, the one third with the highest were 70 percent more likely to have a baby with a heart defect. The association was more prominent in rural than urban areas, perhaps because other sources of pollution in cities may mask potential harms from the drilling sites. .

The government is working health insurance coverage for heart defects, President Solih the financial burden borne parents babies born heart Living Near Oil defects regret over the lack coverage offered the national health insurance scheme. current administration is trying President pledges coverage reform strengthen the when the work is he said. local formed 10 years raise awareness health issues heart conditions.  Tiny Hearts established Ali Muaz Fathimath Hishmath Faiz in their firstborn son.