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 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 […]

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 […]

I’m going to be fairly detailed, I remember having so many questions when I first learned that my baby had trisomy 18. Hopefully this will help another family who just found out. 2019 was a difficult year for us. We got married in May, my husband deployed in June and I found out a week […]

Life was moving fast for my wife and I. We met on January 1, 2016. We instantly had a deep and meaningful connection in so many ways and after many trips up and down the state of California, we got married on April 29, 2017. She moved in with me in San Francisco to start […]

Emmi was born on 12/13/19 with a full diagnosis of trisomy 18! We were told throughout our pregnancy that she wouldn’t make it but Emmi was such a warrior she defied the odds. Emmi Marie went home to heaven on 1/22/20 in the arms of her family. We had 40 amazing days filled with endless […]

In May of 2018 my wife and I found out that we were having our first child. We were so excited and nervous since we had already suffered a miscarriage the previous fall. On July 23rd, my wife went for genetic counseling and NIPT testing, which was a standard requirement through her OB/GYN office. We […]