Lillian Rose
“’Trisomy 18.’ ‘Incompatible with life.’ I think back to the day those words shook my pregnant body to the core and crushed the deepest parts of my soul. I quickly went to Google searching for hope. Instead, I found none. I closed my web browser feeling worse than when I opened it. I didn’t understand […]
Robert Shepard Gray
When we found out we were pregnant with our third child it was a bit of a surprise but we very excited. We have two boys, Lowery, 6, and Davis, 4. They were over the moon when they found out they were having a baby and even more excited to find out it was a […]
Mark’s Story
Mark’s Story Mark’s story begins when his father and I decided to try to have children. This would have been approximately 1977-1978. I was 28 and my husband was 25. I got pregnant in March of 1978. That baby would have been due around Christmas of that year. I suffered a miscarriage. There were 2 […]
Mitchell Emil McCollum
Mitchell Emil was conceived in love and grew surrounded in that love. We learned early in the pregnancy that he had T-18, and his time would most likely be limited. As his parents, we supported him completely throughout his natural life span, enjoying every moment of the pregnancy with Mitchell. Our sweet little guy would […]
Living with fear missing out on spending time with her
I found out I was pregnant after I had given up trying because I was told that my tubes are scarred from previous ovarian cyst operations. My son was 10 turning 11 in February. He always wanted a sibbling and wished he had someone to play with. Then I went for my 16 weeks ante […]