Couple Refuses Abortion, Considers Child with Disability “Their Greatest Gift”

After a foreign couple’s parents found out that the child did not grow arms, although the doctor suggested an abortion, after thinking about it, the two finally insisted on giving birth to the child. “A son is the best gift we’ve ever received,” the couple said.

according toThe New York PostAccording to the report, 26-year-old Mariaan Strauss and her 26-year-old husband Hendrik Strauss were very excited when they learned that they had the crystallization of love. Unexpectedly, 13 weeks later, they received bad news at the prenatal checkup. The doctor told me that the baby hadn’t grown arms and suggested an abortion might be the best decision. The doctor said bluntly, “If you don’t have an abortion, it’s selfish. You have to think more about the child. He will never be able to live a normal life.”

However, the couple still decided to give birth to a child. Marianne said that she never forgot what the doctor said, and would always think about the cruelty of society, whether the child would be accepted, ridiculed and bullied. Facing the unknown future, her own I also felt quite painful and frightened, “I complain, why us? Why our children?”

But when her son was 3 months old, she was convinced she made the right decision. Marianne revealed that her son started to learn to roll to move his body. “I realized that my baby was okay, and then I was okay, and the depression disappeared.”

The couple plan to wait until their son grows up to give him a prosthetic. They also want to tell people that it’s okay to have children who don’t meet society’s “normal” standards. “A son is the best gift we’ve ever received,” Marianne said.