one foot in front of the other

Today has been a better day. An anxious, nervous filled day of the week ahead of us, but better. We are still hopeful and know that God won't give us more than we can handle. This journey has already brought us closer together as man and wife as well as best friends. I always knew he had a strong heart but never the extent, until now. We are so ready for answers. I googled more about other people in our situation and came across a woman's question on a support site. She explained that her baby had been diagnosed with an encephalocele, sought out advice and asked "What would you do? If you would keep it, how would you mentally prepare yourself for what's to come? If you would terminate, how do you justify that in your mind as being "okay"?" As horrible as I know it is, I was wondering these same things that first day. I scrolled down to read the answers and found one that stood out to me, naming all of the reasons we decided to carry on with the pregnancy so I thought I'd share.

"A good friend of mine had this choice during 3, yes 3, pregnancies. The first one she terminated because of spina bifida--and regretted it, went into severe depression. Her 2nd pregnancy, this baby also had indications of spina bifida (which she found was a genetic problem in her family)...she had this child and it died within 12 hours, but she never regretted giving this child a chance--and she felt better about herself for it. The third, her body was throwing blood clots and the baby died in utero.
Now that I'm pregnant, I don't care if my child would be born without feet or with Down's or whatever could be wrong...but I would give that child every chance to be born.
You're just starting the 2nd trimester--there's time...if it's truly that bad, you might have a miscarriage, but at least you tried. If you lose the baby in utero, at least you tried. And if you lose the baby after it's born, you at least tried.
It's what level of guilt you're willing to accept--did you do everything you could or did you end it because you were afraid of the proposed outcome? Doctors will be the first to tell you they can't predict the future--that's why they can't tell you when someone with cancer will die or if someone who was maimed in an accident will ever walk again. It's called a "practice" for a reason--they don't know all the answers.
You know in your heart that if this child is going to die, it's going to happen naturally. Call it God, call it fate or call it what you like....do you want to be the one to end it or let it happen naturally?"