[smnewstead]

Originally Posted by LadyCPlum ↗

Damn, I think we've had various posts over the years demonstrating the cephalic disorders, but I think this is the first showing one with a completely absent head!

Definitely. I actually learned about it while making this thread. Crazy stuff.

[smnewstead]

Originally Posted by diamondsmiles ↗

This is a post I had in Current News about a local couple who chose to carry their anencephalic baby to term.

http://www.documentingreality.com/fo...update-147412/

I read about that, too. I normally would object to subjecting a living being to suffering, but anencephalic babies suffer very little, if at all. I think it's a kind sentiment. But, you responded to a comment about acephaly, not anencephaly.

[Shakey]

Waterhead.

[nanigodsmum]

Give me the needle to euthanize them..GROSS!!!MY EYES HURT FROM LOOKING AT THEM..KILL THEM NOW NOW I SAY!!!!!,,i WOULD LIKE ONE IN A JAR TO PUT ON MY SHELF!!

[kaydeechio]

Folate is a must for any ladies who might get pregnant! It lowers the chance of neural tube disorders.

[curvature]

Originally Posted by smnewstead ↗

Definitely. But you'd be glad to know that most of them have minimal suffering because of a lack of awareness and absence of many pain pathways. Still a shame, though. Take your folate, people.

Actually the pathways of pain are of the most basal, besides those responsible for the neurotransmission of involuntary function, like breathing.

[smnewstead]

Originally Posted by curvature ↗

Actually the pathways of pain are of the most basal, besides those responsible for the neurotransmission of involuntary function, like breathing.

I'm well aware of the mechanisms within the field of neurology. I'm saying that the general pathways of widespread pain are largely muted in disorders of the brainstem.

[Ghost306]

Fascinating thread, very informative. I'd never heard of Acephaly before.

[candice81]

Fantastic post, very interesting! another knockout of the park SM

[UrnAsh]

Sweet little babes. :(