‘I made a choice – I didn’t naturally lose my baby’

• Women facing severe fetal diagnoses should receive comprehensive counselling on all options, including continuing pregnancy with perinatal palliative care, rather than termination being presented as the default pathway.
• Perinatal palliative care services enable parents to carry to term, deliver, and spend time with their baby when continuing a pregnancy with a life-limiting condition—an option that should be discussed alongside medical management.
• Clinical teams should ensure discussions about serious fetal anomalies are non-directive and explore parents' values and preferences, recognising that some may choose to continue pregnancies despite poor prognosis.

Rosanna Brown was advised to end her pregnancy because her baby had a life-threatening medical condition.

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