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Question by Megan Smith:

How should one tell older children their unborn child has been diagnosed with a birth defect?

I'm working on a story in which the main character's unborn son has been diagnosed with spina bifida. She has two older daughters one is 6 and the other is 3. She quickly spirals into a state of clinical depression. Obviously, her children would notice this, so my question becomes how should the father go about explaining something like this to them?




Best answer:

Answer by lady green
i don't think u should cuz when they see her they are going to think she is a very healthy baby. let them ask u the questions if they want don't force it on them

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