Many times, the voices we hear are mother’s voices in the Trisomy 18 community. But our Fathers have an equally important experience with their child, impacted by a Trisomy 18 diagnosis. Bo Smolka, a member of the Trisomy 18 Foundation Board of Directors, wrote this piece after the arrival of his new daughter, Katie who […]
10 Things You Wish People Knew about Trisomy 18
This year, in the days leading up to Trisomy 18 Awareness Day on March 18th, we asked our amazing supporters what were the Top Things We Wish People Knew about Trisomy 18. Over and over again, you shared what you wished people and other parents knew about having a child with Trisomy 18, and it […]
Are We Supposed to be Able to Celebrate Mother’s Day?
For those of us who have lost a child to Trisomy 18, Mother’s Day can be such a painful day — especially the 1st Mother’s Day after our child is gone. And if we have no other living children, if this loss was the loss of our first and only child, we can wonder if […]