Sawyer Jude Hanson
The term ‘struggle’ is defined in Webster’s dictionary as ‘to make strenuous or violent efforts in the face of difficulties or opposition’. I struggled with female reproductive issues since my first menstrual cycle began at the age of 15. I went to specialists to see why my periods were non-existent, special diets and birth control […]
Elijah Spencer
Elijah was diagnosed with full Trisomy 18 and Klienfelters after our 20-week ultrasound showed many markers for a chromosome disorder. After continuing our pregnancy care at a maternal fetal specialist our only goal was to have the chance to meet our little boy. Because I also had polyhydramnios we expected to go into labor at […]
Joelle Hope
We were blessed to find out in December 2016 that my wife was pregnant with our first child. Being older, we couldn’t believe the wonderful news that we were going to bring our first child into this world. As with all pregnancies we were both excited and nervous at the same time. All the what […]
Our Hanna Angel
We found out at 32 weeks pregnant that’s something was wrong, possible Down syndrome I was told. But two weeks later we learned our daughter’s fate. Our unborn daughter had Trisomy 18 and would probably die very young. Doctors told me to abort, but I couldn’t. I knew I had to push through, meet our […]
Darian Sadie Randall
Joyful Beginnings? Our Trisomy 18 journey of our beautiful daughter Darian Sadie Randall began, unknowingly to us November 9, 2008 with our positive pregnancy test. We were ecstatic to learn of this new sibling for brothers, 4 year old Kieran and 2 year old Joah. We were sent for an early ultrasound at 8 weeks […]