lottie77
Mum of 2 girls and 1 boy
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Hi ladies I had my beautiful baby girl Rebekah on the 13th of January and she weighed in at 8lbs 13oz after a mere 1 hour and 45 min labour 
wow 
I was given the risk of 1 in 28 that she would be born with down syndrome at 15 weeks after the blood test and nuchal fold measurement but I never imagined that she would be as I am only 33 and I had the it only ever happens to other people mind set, but the moment she was born and we saw her we both knew that she had down syndrome it was clear too see and the genetic test they did just confirmed what we all knew (trisomy 21).It was a very very hard 24 hours after the birth trying to come to terms with it and also having to tell our 12 year and 6 year old children then all the family that Rebekah had down syndrome whilst we were trying to take it in ourselves 
She is brilliant
shes now 3 weeks old and sleeps like a dream only waking for a feed every 4 hours and getting up just the once through the night, she very rarely cries which is brilliant cause all my other 2 children did was cry as babies non stop 
and now we are over the initial shock of finding out we are parents to a down syndrome child we are all bonding along nicely and I wouldn't change anything about Rebekah for all the money in the world she is perfect exactly the way she was intended to be 
wow I was given the risk of 1 in 28 that she would be born with down syndrome at 15 weeks after the blood test and nuchal fold measurement but I never imagined that she would be as I am only 33 and I had the it only ever happens to other people mind set, but the moment she was born and we saw her we both knew that she had down syndrome it was clear too see and the genetic test they did just confirmed what we all knew (trisomy 21).It was a very very hard 24 hours after the birth trying to come to terms with it and also having to tell our 12 year and 6 year old children then all the family that Rebekah had down syndrome whilst we were trying to take it in ourselves She is brilliant
shes now 3 weeks old and sleeps like a dream only waking for a feed every 4 hours and getting up just the once through the night, she very rarely cries which is brilliant cause all my other 2 children did was cry as babies non stop and now we are over the initial shock of finding out we are parents to a down syndrome child we are all bonding along nicely and I wouldn't change anything about Rebekah for all the money in the world she is perfect exactly the way she was intended to be 
glad to hear you are coping well and that Rebekah is doing well 
i'm sure rebekah will bring you and your family a lot of joy, love and smiles
