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Godmama’s Story

Posted by Amanda on April 20, 2010

I would like to share a story about the my friend who recently had her third child at 43.

Godmama as my family call her (she attended the birth of my 2 children & is their Godmama) thought she was going through “change of life” to go on & learn she was actually pregnant with her third. Her 12 week check up showed she had a one in six chance of the baby being Down Syndrome.

When the result came back positive Godmama & her husband were stunned to the core. In her words “I thought I was going to be sick” then I went through the guilt about the impact it would have on the other children (both under 5) & who would look after the baby when they were older.

They did lots of research & learnt about all the health issues that can be associated with Down Syndrome babies & prepared themselves for the what was to come. Right from the start they never wavered from the thought of going through with the pregnancy.

Early testing started to show the baby (a girl) had no heart defects, no palate issues that they could detect, in fact not too much untoward at all.

The pregnancy progressed well with both parents continuing to learn more about Down Syndrome & find out what impact it was going to have on all their lives once the baby was born & beyond.

Little Kate Rose was borne strong  and healthy and further testing has shown that Kate is defying all the medical profession to show amazing strength  & wellness.

Godmama’s words “we wouldn’t have it any other way. We would not swap this journey.  I wouldn’t even swap the down syndrome because our family is now complete, I don’t even see the down syndrome when I look at her, Kate is the joy of my life”

Footnote: As Kate was unable to attach correctly to the breast, Godmama was relieved to find that the Ameda Elite Hospital Grade Breast Pump came to the rescue & expressed with the ease & efficiency required,  to maintain Kate’s health & weight for an extended period. In fact Kate was exclusively fed expressed milk most successfully and is thriving.

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