Planning for Death While Celebrating Life Inutero: A Multidisciplinary Perinatal Palliative Care Plan for a Pregnant Patient and Her Family Carrying a Fetus with Trisomy-13
Planning for Death While Celebrating Life Inutero: A Multidisciplinary Perinatal Palliative Care Plan for a Pregnant Patient and Her Family Carrying a Fetus with Trisomy-13
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Title: Planning for Death While Celebrating Life Inutero: A Multidisciplinary Perinatal Palliative Care Plan for a Pregnant Patient and Her Family Carrying a Fetus with Trisomy-13
Promenade Ballroom (Long Beach Convention Center)
Discipline: Childbearing (CB), Professional Issues (PI), Women’s Health (WH)
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Submission Description:
There is a unique opportunity for providers to partner with patients and families carrying a baby with a life-limiting diagnosis. Attending to a woman’s prenatal care, while working through her grief throughout the prenatal course, can strengthen her capacity to prepare for the anticipated death of her baby and potentially minimize its traumatic impact. This case will highlight the multidisciplinary perinatal care of a pregnant woman and her family whose fetus was diagnosed with Trisomy-13.