I have a son with full Trisomy 18. He is 29 months old, breathing on his own and is an absolute joy in my life! It has been a long hard road, but my son is worth every tear and every smile! I could not be happier with him!
Unfortunately, no ancient medical documents describing the techniques for cesarean section are extant. In the early medieval period, cesarean section was usually performed by midwifes. One of the first explicit instructions in medical literature on cesarean technique dates from about 1480 CE from ...
Likewise, single men and same-sex male partners often resort to surrogacy to have a baby, as it is the only way for them to have a genetic child using their reproductive cells. In these cases, surrogacy is required just because human males do not have the anatomy needed for natural embryo...
"chromosome" is not. This is something of a curiosity given that chromosomes are really nothing more than very large amounts of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) with some proteins and other substances
I didn't know this earlier. I'm nearing forty though and this is now one of the risks on my mind as I prepare to have a baby in the near future. Does anyone here have a child with Mosaic Down Syndrome? Has it been difficult for you especially considering that this chromosomal abnorma...
ever forget the first time she realized she was looking at chromosomes that showed a baby that wouldn't live, a little boy with trisomy 18. Because she works in a lab, she'll never meet the parents and knows nothing of their situation, but she said she couldn't stop thinking about it...
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...
Our baby girl is here! November 06, 2024 | by luvamnky In April I got my NIPT results back stating that we had a 95/100 chance of trisomy 21. I was scared and really struggled to process the information. We went forward with amniocentesis which confirmed that our baby girl did in fac...
The NT scan is a non-invasive prenatal screening test in the first trimester. Find out what it can tell you about your baby's risk for Down syndrome and other…
How Big Is My Baby This Week? Zygote vs. Embryo: What's the Difference? A chromosomally normal zygote has 23 pairs of chromosomes. At the time of fertilization, it has only one cell (made when the sperm cell combines with the egg cell). "The genetic information in these cells then cau...