Another Great Night !!!!!! What an amazing night the NDSSG families had at our Fancy Dress Disco last night!40 of our families, from NDSSG, and from the football club NDSSG runs, descended upon Forest Town Arena, for a wonderful disco from Gazza’s Disco Hire – thank you so much to you both! And thank you, too, to Donna […]
NDSSG have been chosen as one of this years Local Co-op Community Funds!
Jossie’s Story, by her mum, Steph When I was pregnant with my little girl, we refused any testing for Down syndrome, or any other condition, because it wouldn’t have changed the outcome for us. At our 20 week scan, we were told our precious girl had holes in her heart and also spine and brain […]
Jessica’s Story, by her mum, Melissa I was 22 years old when Jessica came along. I was blissfully unaware of the doctors that kept coming in to look at her and check her over. I was just excited to have a beautiful little girl – my very own daughter! But then the doctor returned. He […]
Esme’s Story, by her mum, Tracy October is Down syndrome awareness month and this is our very honest story: We fell pregnant very quickly. We had a couple of scares early on in our pregnancy. Luckily, everything was ok and we got to see our teeny little dot on scans at 6 & 8 weeks. […]
Freddie’s Story, by his mum, Liz Two years ago, I wouldn’t have even been writing a post like this! A year ago today, I wrote my first post, when I told everybody that I was expecting a baby with Down syndrome. My screening tests came back as a 1 in 5 chance for 3 different […]
Flo’s Story, by her mum, Vic The moment I gave birth to Flo and I took my first look at her, I knew she had Down Syndrome. It was a shock, but I knew I loved her deeply, from the first moment I saw her. She is my special gift, the child I never thought […]
Santiago’s Story, by his mum, Louisa Santiago arrived a month earlier than expected and, after 90mins of almost pain-free labour, he was born on the doorstep of our flat. He was caught by a neighbour who was a paediatrician! Although his birth was very easy, I had to be given general anaesthetic in order to […]
Sam’s Story, by his mum, Annabel My son Samuel is 18 years old and was born with Down syndrome. We knew in pregnancy that he would have DS and needed open heart surgery, which he had when he was four and a half months old. My first scan was all fine, but at the detailed […]
Reuben’s Story, by his mum, Rachel We are first time parents to Reuben, so everything is new to us! During pregnancy, we were given a 1 in 6 chance of him having Down syndrome, and we refused extra testing. My pregnancy was fairly stressful, as they kept finding things ‘wrong’! I had scans fortnightly and […]