A baby that had the prenatal surgery

When Frankie Lavis was born last August, it was her little legs – moving and kicking – that her parents focused on first. While still in the womb, their baby had been diagnosed with spina bifida, a disabling congenital disorder in which the bones of the spine do not close properly around the spinal cord, leaving the nerves within exposed and vulnerable to damage. Spina bifida babies are often born with paralysis of the lower limbs, among other disabilities.

But some 10 weeks earlier, while still in the womb, Frankie had undergone a radical new operation to repair her spine. Her mother, Gina Beddoe, is the first British woman to have this groundbreaking surgery on the NHS – and the sight of their daughter waving her chubby legs around suggested her nervous system was working normally.

I thought this was a good look into what we would have gone through if we would have done the prenatal surgery. 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/children_shealth/11234681/Spina-bifida-surgery-inside-the-womb.html