@miss.gisa asked us how we thought of Coraline’s name.
Read More
Parenting a child with Down's syndrome: "Did having a child with Down Syndrome make you change any ideas you had about motherhood/parenting?"
Read More
Going to the wedding of a lovely couple in our Antenatal group
Read More
Our baby was born by caesarean, as she was in the breech position and her growth rate had slowed. She was diagnosed at birth with Down’s syndrome.
Read More
At 36 weeks we discovered our baby was in the breech position. We had two external Cephalic Versions to try to turn her into the head down position.
Read More
I went on maternity leave at the beginning of July 2017, seven weeks before my due date, as I wanted a lovely run up to Coraline’s birth.
Read More
We went for all the usual scans during my pregnancy, and we had the combined nuchal scan and blood test.
Read More
My pregnancy mindset was one of gratitude for the wonderful experiences I had. We went on holidays to Ireland and Italy and we got engaged!
Read More
We went to see a panel discussion of women who had taken part in the 1000 Londoners project. My friend Susie, a Paralympic athlete, was on the panel. Their message: “anything is possible”, “dream big”.
Read More
We kept a pregnancy diary where we wrote little comments to our future daughter to let her know what we’d been up to, such as how my pregnancy scans went.
Read More
During a work Conference, everyone cheered when my colleague said, “Congratulations to Liz who is expecting a future global citizen in August 2017”.
I pondered how when you’re pregnant you have a sense of how you feel, and you wonder who your baby is going to be. Then once you’ve met them, that’s it, that’s them. But it’s funny, during pregnancy you can only imagine them.
Throughout the year of 2017 that I was pregnant we wrote to our future baby in a diary I had called “Every Day Matters 2017” in advance of the August due date. We told her what we were up to, recorded how I felt in pregnancy and what we were thinking.
Read More
Ladybird symbolism: I suppose it symbolised 'abundant blessings are on the way; be open to receiving them'.
Read More
Our baby was born by caesarean as her growth rate had slowed. She was diagnosed with Down’s syndrome at birth. We had amazing care from the midwives.
Read More
The Emotional impact of learning our baby had Down’s syndrome: A big thing Kevin has taught me is to feel your feelings fully. Don't try to stop them. If you feel them, they pass through. If you resist and enter into a dialogue with them with your mind, they persist.
Read More
We decided to try for a baby when I turned 41 as we thought "it's now or never". It worked within a month or two and we were amazed!
Read More