Author: Donna Danks

Molly’s Story, by her mum, Jenny Molly was diagnosed with down syndrome the morning after she was born. When I told my parents, my dad smiled, shrugged his shoulders and said “well that doesn’t matter.” But I was filled with so many worries. I was worried about her health, how she would cope at school, […]

Emmanuel’s Story, by his dad, Nathan It was around 7.30pm in the evening, I had just returned home from being at the hospital all day. I was just enjoying eating a doner kebab and watching champions league on my own! I didn’t expect to get a call from the hospital, but I did and was […]

Lauren’s Story, by her mum, Sue My pregnancy with Lauren was very uneventful. She was my 3rd child and by far the easiest to carry and give birth to! She was born at 39 weeks, and all went smoothly. However, when they put her on me, my first thought was she doesn’t look anything like […]

James’s Story,by his mum, Claire In 1999, 32 weeks pregnant with my first child, I went for my final scan. My baby was in foetal distress and I was rushed into hospital to be pumped full of steroids. The following day they repeated the tests and decided baby could not wait. My son was born […]

Logan’s Story, by his mum, Charlotte `You are my little ray of sunshine, Logan! When I saw you I knew I loved you so much, I held you briefly before you struggled with your breathing and were whisked away to be looked after in the neonatal unit. This was scary, but had also happened when […]

William’s Story, by his mum, Joanne This is our William! He is an amazing little fellow, full of life, smiles and mischief. He came early and we were told about his DS, officially, when he was about 3 days old. We had concerns and worries. These were mainly because we didn’t know what to expect […]

Alfie’s Story, by his dad, Chris We thought we were going to go to Barcelona for a long weekend. We had been there before, we knew what it was like and all the pre-flight checks were fine…but for whatever reason, our flight was diverted to Paris. An equally adored, beautiful and loved city with huge […]

Mila’s Story, by her mum, Lisa Mila was my first born. I was 30 years old and had been given a 1:45000 chance in having a child with Down syndrome. Mila was born by C-section at 38 weeks. I fell in love with her straight away, she was a perfect baby girl. I was told […]

Peter’s Story, by his mum, Katie Hey everyone, we are Katie and Simon and we are proud parents to three little people, Jake, Ava and our beautiful baby Peter who has DS. Peter is so loved by his siblings, we call them the three musketeers! We definitely had a piece to our family puzzle missing […]

Mateusz’s Story, by his sister, Hania Meet Mateusz! Matty is my younger brother, and TODAY is his 17th Birthday! He was born with Down syndrome. He got diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 3 and, as he was growing up, he had some health problems as well. It meant that he got […]