Trisomy 18 Stories

March 20, 2024

I didn’t know or heard about Trisomy 18 until I had my child Heaven who was born with...

March 14, 2024

This story is to honor our beloved daughter, Sage Anita, who died in June of 2023. Despite past...

December 12, 2023

Elijah Quinn Portillo is my first baby. I found about him on January 28th, 2023. I thought I...

December 12, 2023

Starting from the very beginning, When we found out I was pregnant with my little girl, my husband...

December 4, 2023

While pregnant my 11 week genetic bloodwork came back with an abnormal finding for trisomy 18. It was...

October 13, 2023

In the summer of 2006, at our 20 week ultrasound, I found out I was having a baby...

September 21, 2023

My husband and I were delighted to find out we were pregnant with our third baby a few...

August 4, 2023

My husband and I found out we were expecting our first child in October 2022. We chose to...

May 18, 2023

Emma Jean was first diagnosed through amniocentesis when I was 32 weeks pregnant. Emma’s life was short and...