Last month, my boyfriend and I were very excited to go for our 22-week ultrasound. We were anticipating finding out what sex our baby would be, the ultrasound was taking a long time, and as a nursing student, I could swear I only was seeing 3 chambers in the heart. Thinking I was being paranoid […]

In January 2016 I became pregnant. My husband and I were overjoyed to be expecting again. After my preliminary blood screening the doctor called me and told me that Trisomy 18 was found and that we needed to go to a genetics office. We went to the genetics office and they offered an amniocentesis to […]

Sometimes the universe gives you the most wonderful spirit to have in your life and sometimes that time is limited. Little Milla gave everyone she knew her whole heart with joy, giggles, and laughter. She was literally happy and joyful 100% of the time. She was so very loved by her family and friends. She […]

I found out that Carlie had Trisomy 18 early in my pregnancy around 10 weeks with a genetic test. We went further into the pregnancy and the ultrasounds had every characteristic of the genetic disorder. They said she had a heart defect and the entire left side was not developed.  She was our baby and […]

November 13th is my son’s seventh birthday. And the seventh anniversary of his death. Seven is a lucky number. Lucky number seven. Seven days in a week, 7th Heaven, 7 wonders of the world. 7 colors in a rainbow. Thirteen is an unlucky number. I once had a chemistry professor in college from the Ivory […]

In December 2015, we were pleased to learn we would be having our second child. Just like any other pregnancy, seeing the OBGYN was an initial must. We went in and got our definite proof of pregnancy, and learned that our baby would be here on 8/18/2016. A month passed and we went in for […]

Hello everyone, I was told in the September that my baby, Phoenix, had Trisomy 18. The right side of his heart was a lot smaller than the left side and the pulmonary artery could not be found while looking at the ultrasounds. He also had a cyst on his brain and his growth was 2 […]

When I first found out I was pregnant for the second time I was scared because just seven months earlier I had a miscarriage.   A few months later I was full of joy because I had made it past the miscarry point from the first pregnancy. When I had my first ultrasound my husband and […]