Day: 13 October 2021

Marcie’s Story

Marcie’s Story, by her mum, Holli 30th December 2018 – the day I became a nurse, a teacher, a speech and language therapist, a physiotherapist and an expert in all things Trisomy 21. And most importantly, it was the day I became a MUMMA. Marcie was born in the water, after a very peaceful labour, […]

Zayn’s Story

Zayn’s Story, by his mum, Uzma In 2014, my husband and I had been exploring options of IVF PGD (Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis).The reason for this was that our eldest son was born with a condition called Treacher Collins Syndrome, and the severity and variation of this cannot always be known until the child is born. […]

Rio’s Story

Rio’s Story, about two amazing people with DS My Name is Rio and I’m the extremely proud aunty of Rory Ed. I grew up with a family friend who had Downs syndrome. I loved going to their house because the front room was full of games. I always had a friend to play with, when […]

Tommy’s Story

Tommy’s Story, by his mum, Amanda My eldest son, Charlie, desperately wanted a brother, not a sister, a brother. He wanted to be a big brother just like his nursery friends and wanted someone to play with at home. But it wasn’t going well, I had suffered two miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy which had […]

Taylun’s Story

Taylun’s Story, by his mum, Fay This is Taylun James – TJ! His name was already picked out as soon as I knew he was going to be another boy Throughout my pregnancy, nothing was flagged up. The routine blood test came back low, at 1 in 4500. It wasn’t till after Taylun was born […]

Naya’s Story

Naya’s Story, by her mum Hayley Hi my name is Hayley and I’m 39 years old. I have two amazing daughters. My eldest is 18, and her name is Mia. My youngest is Naya, who is 6 months old and has Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome). Finding out you’re pregnant is supposed to be a happy […]

Isla’s Story

Isla’s story, by her mum Kerri-Ann October is Down’s syndrome awareness month and I want to bring awareness to the positive side of raising a child with DS so that hopefully, anyone who finds themselves on a similar journey, won’t be quite as frightened as I was , starting out ….In the hours after Isla […]