Hope’s Open Heart Surgery, Pt 1: Discovery to Operation
When I was 16 weeks pregnant, we learned two frightening things: In the short term, our infant daughter would undergo open heart surgery, and in the long term, statistics showed […]
Category Archives: During Pregnancy
Why We Didn’t Kill Our Unborn Baby
Many couples make the gut-wrenching decision to terminate their pregnancies for reasons that are nearly impossible for the average person to comprehend. My heart breaks for the families that can’t […]
Screening Positive for Trisomy 21
One thing people always want to know when they find out Hope has Down syndrome is when we discovered her diagnosis. Her Down syndrome often trumps the fact she’s our […]
At Her Own Pace 