There are very few references as apparently it is an extremely rare syndrome. Alabama D r. During the prenatal ultrasound, as a mom sees and hears the beating of her baby's heart the growing bond with her unborn child is accelerated. For many dads, this is the first moment that they are aware of bonding. It's powerful to see that your baby is alive and okay.
Parents look on with delight as the ultrasonographer points out the head, the hands and the feet.
For some parents the ultrasound is the clenching moment when they first discover something is not going right. The mother you describe must have seen a baby with a normal head and face, a normal heart, but no arms and legs. Thus began her long and difficult process of preparing to welcome this particular baby into the world. Grebe syndrome is a very rare form of short-limbed dwarfism. The largest cluster of people with Grebe syndrome are in Brazil.