Family Stories

Jude’s Story

I was 14 weeks pregnant when my OBGYN suspected something was wrong with my little boy. She saw what was later explained to me as a thick nuchal fold. I had never heard of the term. She suggested that we do a NIPT blood test. I agreed, but honestly never thought anything would actually be […]

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Sawyer Reuben-James

Baby Sawyer was the blessing I didn’t know I needed. He came as a surprise and really rocked my world through morning sickness, though it lasted day and night, and enough mood swings to last a lifetime. I thought everything was fine with this pregnancy as my regular OB had seen nothing suspicious on either

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Miracle Man

Our son , John Hart Mack, was born on 2/15/22 with 10 fingers, 10 toes, beautiful blue eyes, the blondest hair, and a long chromosome 18 and a short chromosome 5! Not only does he have Partial Edwards Syndrome, he also has Cri du Chat. From what we’ve been told, his dual conditions are so

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Living with Trisomy18

Our son Christopher is a 14-year-old cute boy, who was diagnosed with Trisomy 18, at the 25th week of pregnancy. At birth, he was full term, weight 4lbs 11oz and 14 inches long. He was only expected to live for two months since he was critically ill at birth. Doctors predicted his life would be

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Benjamin Elisha

On April 4th 2020, my husband and I found out we were expecting our second baby. We had one little girl, just a year and two months old at the time. I was 27 years old, my husband 33. No history of any genetic concerns from either sides of the family and we had one

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Sophie Tula Stavridis

This is the story of my daughter Sophie, which is also the most beautiful part of my own life’s story. It begins at the end of many frustrating months of trying to conceive and two months after the loss of my first pregnancy, in December, at the dawn of a new year. My husband and

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Toban Josiah Zechin

Toban Josiah Zechin May 1, 2020 As an “older” couple, my husband and I joyfully started our family. Our firstborn son, Kevan Scott Zechin III filled our lives with a deeper love than we have ever known. We eagerly wanted to give him a sibling and we actively attempted to get pregnant for months in

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Justin Friedrich

My name is Justin Augustus Friedrich and I was born on October Eighteen Nineteen Ninety-Four. When I was born, I didn’t really notice that I was different nor did I know that I had a unique DNA. All I knew then was just that I am a child born with a loving family. Even though

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Madelyn 74d 3hr 6min

I’m going to be fairly detailed, I remember having so many questions when I first learned that my baby had trisomy 18. Hopefully this will help another family who just found out. 2019 was a difficult year for us. We got married in May, my husband deployed in June and I found out a week

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