Tag: parenting a child with Down syndrome

  • I Was Never Unsure — And Still Everyone Questioned My Choice

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    A Surprising Pregnancy After a Difficult Birth When my daughter was one year and four months old, I became pregnant again. I was surprised. After an emergency C-section and considering my age—I was 34 at the time—I had assumed getting pregnant might be difficult. But the news brought joy to both me and my partner.…

  • What Broke Me More Than the Diagnosis Itself

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    Knowing, Wanting, and Choosing From the Very Beginning This is an honest story about what hurt more than a Down syndrome diagnosis during pregnancy—lack of support, harmful comments, and learning to survive day by day. I learned about my son’s Down syndrome diagnosis at 12 weeks of pregnancy. It was a shock, of course —…

  • Living in the Countryside: Joys, Challenges, and Raising a Child with Down Syndrome

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    We live in the countryside.Our village has around 100 people. The nearest town, with about 10,000 residents, is a one-hour drive away. This is a huge luxury when you consider how many people around the world live in matchbox-sized apartments in concrete apartment blocks. No wonder birth rates are so low. Children are born where…

  • What People Say About Down Syndrome and Refusing Prenatal Testing

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    This post responds to common comments about Down syndrome and prenatal testing that people were telling me. When our son received a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, we also received something else: opinions. Some were spoken gently, others bluntly or even cruelly. Over time, I noticed that many comments followed the same patterns. Below are…

  • Our Journey with Down Syndrome: Choosing Love, Not Fear

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    My Pregnancy and the Diagnosis As I’ve written before, during my Down syndrome pregnancy, we found out early that our second child — a son — had been diagnosed. There was never any question that we wanted him. To me, it didn’t make sense that I could be overjoyed to find out I was pregnant…