Comments on: This woman is pregnant with a baby that has Down syndrome.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 22:02:32 +0000

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 21:35:34 +0000

We learned of our baby’s diagnosis at 20 weeks. They used a new-ish blood test that is over 99% accurate. I later learned that the funding for the test was made a priority in the interest of giving parents an early, noninvasive test for decisions to terminate. Seth is 15 months old…we have no regrets!

By: Elsie

Elsie — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 19:48:11 +0000

People tell us that we are angels all the time when they find out that our kids are adopted.I wish it was true but all we wanted was a family.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 16:37:37 +0000

Amy, really powerful. You are amazing!!! Thank you for sharing this.

By: Michelle herman

Michelle herman — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 07:01:12 +0000

Amy, You are the real deal!

By: Leslie Kendall Dye

Leslie Kendall Dye — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 04:19:38 +0000

I have heard it so many times from so many parents who have children with Down Syndrome. In fact, I have never NOT heard it. I know that parents on message boards chime in when people are agonizing over CVS tests and all the rest of the pregnancy nightmare tests that “if they only knew how wonderful it is….”
I speak in total ignorance. I have never cared for or been mother to a child with Down Syndrome. But you know what? I absolutely believe it. Rarely have I heard such certainty in any statement as the one that asserts it is indeed the best thing to happen to a parent. She is lucky also, to have found a new mother friend in you. Those are the rarest thing of all!

By: Linda Pressman

Linda Pressman — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 23:11:08 +0000

Amy, you’re the real deal too! The fact that you can tell her that is the best thing that ever happened to you with none of the angel mumbo jumbo, just clear-eyed awareness, is really the real deal.

By: Robert Polk

Robert Polk — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 22:20:38 +0000

The angel is Amy S, among others.