“It was this second I knew, I knew something was different. Something had changed and our baby girl may not be as perfect as was earlier suggested.”
‘The growth is very large. There’s a chance the baby may not survive.’ Right then, reality hit me. All the fear and nerves I carried through my pregnancy hit me all at once.’
‘When he was born I heard, ‘Oh my God. He has RED HAIR!’ I paused. ‘No, just wash him a few times.’ The nurse washed him 3 times. ‘No mama, you’ve got a little ginger.’
“Trust me, I was shocked too. I can’t count how many times I had to explain he wasn’t adopted, wasn’t my stepson, and wasn’t albino. That I was his mom – not the aunt, Godmother, or the nanny.”
‘What kind of concealer have you been using? I need a good one.’ And ‘I’ll come, but only if I can wear stretchy pants.’ Mom’s honest post on how friendship changes in your 30s
“Now it looks like ‘Ok, I’m coming, but I’m so tired I may fall asleep right in this glass of wine.'”
‘Life with four children with albinism has been quite the adventure.’: Family adopts 4 albino children whose ‘unique, rare’ condition makes ‘our hearts full’
“We have even had to step in and stop strangers from taking selfies with our kids!”
‘She is perfect’: Mom discovers baby has Down syndrome after dramatic water birth
“I knew that something was different. As soon as I looked down, I saw it. I saw it in my baby’s face. I thought to myself… my baby has Down syndrome.”
