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 […]
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 and one history of a healthy beautiful girl, so trisomy […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]