Saturday, February 11, 2012

Choosing Life and Beating the Odds: Accepting Down Syndrome

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Ninety percent of babies with the diagnosis end up aborted. But that wasn't an option for me.

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Then I came across another startling fact: most babies with a chromosomal abnormality, like Trisomy 18 or Trisomy 21, end up as miscarriages — doctors estimate approximately 80%. Hearing that changed everything. I realized this baby — who we decided to name Wyatt — was our little miracle, a boy who had beat the odds already just by surviving. I cried again, but this time, they were tears of joy.

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