The words “I’m pregnant” were the scariest words to ever come out of my mouth. This was my first pregnancy and I was terrified to tell my boyfriend. I would pick up the phone and begin dialing his number only to hang up. I finally found the courage to let him know. To my dismay […]

My husband, Jeff, and I were expecting a normal pregnancy like we had with our son. We did the Integrated Prenatal Screening as suggested by our Family Doctor. The results scared us. We were told there was a 1 in 6 chance that our baby had Down Syndrome. We decided we were going to go […]

On January 20, 2005 our daughter, Jade Valencia Day, was born at 36 weeks by emergency c-section after her heart rate started taking major decelerations. She weighed only 3 lbs., 4 oz. and spent 39 days in the hospital (first NICU, then Special Care Nursery). The day before our daughter was born, I was admitted […]

Baby’s name:  Isaac Quinn Parents’ names: Don and Victoria Birth Date: February 19, 2001 Angel Date: March 2, 2001 Hometown: Northern Virginia Isaac’s Story Every life . . . no matter how fragile or brief, forever changes the world. They returned home to Bahrain without their son, having left to go to Germany just 3 […]

Pregnancy & Diagnosis This is our story of the birth and death of our little girl, Tricia Jane Lawrence. She was diagnosed with Trisomy 18, a chromosome disorder that can randomly happen in any pregnancy. She is named after her Grandmother and Great Grandmother who passed before her. Tricia comes from her grandmother Nancy Patricia […]

Our beautiful only daughter, Samantha was born on June 4th 1993 with Tetrasomy 18p Syndrome and she became an angel on December 3, 2006. It Matters to this One.. As I walked along the seashore, this young boy greeted me. He was tossing stranded starfish back to the deep blue sea. I said, “Tell me […]

Our Perfect Baby Girl In December 2012, my husband, Peter, and I discovered that we were expecting our second child. We were so excited to add to our family and especially thrilled to give a sibling to our 16 month old daughter, Claire. My due date was August 16, 2013, which is just 3 days […]

My pregnancy and diagnosis We found out we were pregnant with our little Ally Grace in November of 2008. We were so excited as we had been trying to get pregnant for awhile. Our excitement was dashed in February of 2009 when our doctor called me to tell me that the results of my maternal […]