2 years ago ....December 5th...Jared and I heard the confirmation diagnosis of our youngest son...your Amniocentesis confirmed your child has Down syndrome. Something a parent never wants to hear...something is wrong with my baby? How could this be? How did this happen? So many fears, thoughts, tears, anger, heavy emotions....
Wow! I can remember this day like it was yesterday...IF only I could go back 2 years and hear that diagnosis all over again...and say, Wonderful...our life is going to be wonderful and we are going to be blessed beyond belief! I can not wait to meet this special angel from God...I hope at least one person can read this blog post today and be touched by it. There may be parents out there that have just found out prenatally like we did, that their child had Down syndrome, or there may be parents that have just had a baby and was diagnosed at birth with Down syndrome...I want you to know you are not alone and there are so many of us on this wonderful journey. YES, WONDERFUL! We all go through some kind of grieving process for the child we thought we were going to have, but trust me...with time...a calmness comes over you and you will begin to look forward to meeting this special blessing from God.
I couldn't be any happier in life...I have a wonderful husband who loves me unconditionally and supports me in everything I do, I have 3 amazing children...having gone through the trials in life has made me that much stronger of a woman and made me appreciate so much more to life!
So yes, 2 years later...I thank God everyday for our special little angel baby and I thank Brayden for teaching us so much already in the 19 months he has been with us...Love you baby!
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Aww isn't it crazy how there are so many things in life we can't remember (or is that just me? LOL) but things like this are stuck in our heads like it just happened yesterday? I can relive every single minute of when we were told there might be something wrong with our baby. Ugh. But I couldn't tell ya what I had for lunch yesterday. LOL.
Isn't it so amazing! If we only knew then what we know now... it would have made the diagnosis that much easier! LOVE our angel babies!
I felt the same way when we found out about Joel having Ds. Lots of heavy emotions, anger, fear. Like you, I wish I would have known then what I know now. I can't imagine our lives without Joel - just as he is. He is a blessing just like sweet Brayden is!
Beautiful. Thank you. If you have a moment go to my mother in laws blog "Rebecca's blog" and read her Novemeber post about David. Very sweet. You will like it.
Thank you for the sweet post today. It really touched me. In fact a few posts ago or maybe on your FB you mentioned something so simple but I realized I had been doing the opposite, and I went back in one of my posts in my blog to change it.
I've been thinking a lot lately about having some way of finding out about babies born with DS so we can go support them and show them how beautiful and wonderful they really are.
Yes, like is WONDERFUL!
We are truly blessed! I pray that someone who is facing a new diagnosis "stumbles" across your beautiful words!!!
Great post Darlena!! I think you were writing my story for me. It was exactly the same!! I feel the same way in that I want to tell everyone that my life feels wonderful....not horrible!! I swear that the US picture looks just like Brayden!! Got your Christmas card yesterday and those are beautiful pictures!! Hopefully someday soon I will get mine out!!
What a great post Darlena! I too remember the day I was told that my risk factor was 1 in 3. Isn't it amazing the depths are hearts can go? The raw emotions are such an important part of this journey. It is because of those emotions that we are able to truly help others with a new diagnosis. We've been there and we've grown and now we are able to share this joy with so many others. Such blessings!
Don't know how I managed to stumble to this page, but what a beautiful song "the gift" and reading this post. We have a 3 mnth old ds baby girl. It was a surprise to us and yes, our grief has turned into "joy". God is so good..we are so in love with our baby girl. Erin
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