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remember the moment all too well, the moment when I went to the gynecologist and was told that a blood test was recommended to make sure everything was okay because of my age. Two weeks later the results were in and I was told that my baby had a 99.1% chance of having Down Syndrome. I remember it so vividly that it feels like it was yesterday even though a year has passed.
It has been a year since I started the most wonderful journey of my life once Mia came into the world. In the last year I have learned so much about myself and my child’s diagnosis.
Now I want to take a minute to talk about my thoughts since my little one made her arrival. I would be lying if I said I didn’t cry when I found out that Mia would likely be born with Down Syndrome. In fact, I honestly thought “How did this happen to me?” After I got the diagnosis I started to think about what could possibly go wrong. There were so many “could be” situations that came along with this diagnosis, such as heart disease, possible open heart surgery, diabetes, blindness, deafness, speech issues, feeding issues, sleep issues, and the list goes on and on.
My life with MIA
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