article_snippet.sent: When the couple learned that the couple unborn daughter had a chromosomal defect 'incompatible with life outside the womb', the couple decided that terminating the pregnancy was the best course of action. '
article_snippet.sent: My little girl would never have [had] a life, and attempting to give My little girl that could take My little girl away in the process.'
article_snippet.sent: Sad decision: After an amniocentesis, The Ohio woman found out that The Ohio woman unborn daughter found out that their unborn daughter wouldn't survive outside the womb, and The Ohio woman chose to get an abortion .
article_snippet.sent: she and her husband found out she and her husband were having a girl - but at the same time discovered that the fetus was much smaller than the fetus should have been at that time.
article_snippet.sent: The Ohio woman was referred to another hospital with a specialized fetal medicine center where, two weeks later, an amniocentesis test  showed that the fetus had Triploidy, a chromosomal defect that is 'incompatible with life outside the womb'.
article_snippet.sent: These major health issues  also meant there were risks for the mother.
article_snippet.sent: the fetus was so small that the fetus could have died in the womb without The Ohio woman knowing, which could have resulted in an infection.
article_snippet.sent: the mother was also at a higher risk for preeclampsia, a blood pressure-related pregnancy complication that can be fatal.
article_snippet.sent: the mother also noted that the mother placenta could have ruptured, leaving the mother to 'bleed out in my bathtub faster than anyone could help me'.
article_snippet.sent: With the knowledge that the mother health was at risk and the mother child would be unable to live, the woman and the mother husband made the decision to terminate the pregnancy.
article_snippet.sent: But because the average baby practiced within a Catholic institution, the average baby had to seek special approval from the CEO and the ethics board, explaining that that her child wouldn't survive and that there were dangers in letting the pregnancy progress naturally.
highlights_snippet.sent: The Ohio woman revealed on Reddit that The Ohio woman unborn daughter's dangerous condition would have left The Ohio woman unable to live outside the womb .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Potential complications from the pregnancy put the anonymous mother's life in danger .
  