As she was so far along in her pregnancy, she decided to carry to term, but essentially she was preparing for both birth and death. Her baby was a boy, which meant that he was particularly unlikely to survive. (All of the people with trisomy 18 who have survived into adulthood have be...
Trisomy 21 results when a baby has three rather than the typical two copies of chromosome 21 in all of his or her cells. Gastrointestinal abnormalities are also common among these individuals. For example, obstruction of the esophagus or duodenum is fairly common and some cases are serious enoug...
My Trisomy 18 baby was the best thing that ever happened to me. I’m glad for the 48 hours I had with her. Though it was difficult. For a brief fleeting moment, when I realized what was happening to her, I wanted to reject her. I wanted to run from her bedside like the ...