Lucy

Do you discuss VACTERL syndrome at all in the book? My son was born at 36 weeks with TEF/EA, hypospadias, and a persistent left superior vena cava. He’s mostly thriving now but our first few months were hell — 5 weeks of it spent in the NICU — and also, we weren’t prepared for it really. The only real indicators when I was pregnant (for TEF/EA) was polyhydramnios, which didn’t become excessive until two days before I went into labor. Phew, in all this, my question is, how does having one baby with VACTERL syndrome impact the likelihood of having another?