Anencephaly?

i found out when i was 5 months pregnant that my baby girl is diagnosed with Anencephaly. what is it really? i have some people saying its no brain? in my ultrasound pictures my baby girl has her whole brain? im just confused.

[smjmekg]

By definition it's anecephaly means condition of no brain, in medical terminology. y, being condition of, cephal being brain, and an is without (the e is just a combining vowel). If they do see her brain on the ultrasound, then I'd question why they say this. I looked up the acutal definition of what anecephaly means, and it says that it's basically a neural tube defect that happens after about 26 to 27 days of pregnancy that leads to a large part of the brain, skull, and scalp being absent. I really hope that this is not the case for your daughter. I would consult with the dr and ask why they diagnosed anecephaly if she has a brain, everything I've seen so far describes it as a baby without a large part of the brain. If it's all there I don't see how they could say she has anecephaly.

[nanacabana]

i dont understandd either but thank you(: ill post a picture up so you can see, you can see her brain, and her chubby cheeks(: