Get out the tissues - incredible blog

Married2MrWright · February 2010

I shouldn't have read this, but I did and it made me cry and made me hug my little Libby (who's FINALLY napping...albeit snuggled in her wrap carrier on my chest) a little tighter:

http://enjoyingthesmallthings.blogspot.com/2010/01/nella-cordelia-birth-story.html

Amy4773 · February 2010

WOW. I am totally broken down in tears......what a story. And what a beautiful girl.

redshoegirl · February 2010

Ohhhh yes. I read this a couple of weeks ago. I'm normally kind of a hardass lol, but I have to admit this made me tear up. Crying

eacerna · February 2010

aww..i cried too :-(

MauiBride2008 · February 2010

WOW! Absolutely amazing!

myday1708 · February 2010

I cried. I don't usually.... But, wow, what a beautiful story. And what a beautiful baby. Thanks for sharing this.

mrs.winter · February 2010

oh wow! tears are streaming!!!

Married2MrWright · February 2010

She's such an amazing writer and photographer too...I am overwhelmed about how she can express herself.

jaysgirljulie · February 2010

Married2MrWright:
She's such an amazing writer and photographer too...I am overwhelmed about how she can express herself.

me too about her writing. I balled my eyes out.

SirenSong · February 2010

Oh wow....I started reading the blog entry, bracing myself for the worst and wondering if I should continue (knowing how I have been feeling this week). Slowly realized where the story was going and managed to hold it together for all of the entry until this, at the end:

"I did it. I told my bunny's story"

Annnnnd tears.

What a beautiful writer and she has gorgeous girls! She writes in such a way that you can SO relate to, you can SO imagine that you would feel and react the same way.

Thanks for posting Lori.

MrsIH · February 2010

Married2MrWright:
She's such an amazing writer and photographer too...I am overwhelmed about how she can express herself.

Ditto this! My thoughts exactly and I agree with Tina when she said I was bracing myself for the worst but was amazed as I kept reading... I'm still speechless over it, thanks for sharing Lori.

rwright5 · February 2010

wow what a story...I am not usually a crier, but as I sat at my desk reading this I was bawling...good think no one came in here...now off to fix my face:)

liubride510 · February 2010

Maybe I should have waited to read this until after our LO is born or at least when I was at home. I started crying at my desk. She's a beautiful writer and I'm impressed at how candid and sincere she was in her writing. It takes a very brave person to express those feelings for the world to read.

MauiBride2008 · February 2010

I just re-read this, still touched and cried all over again. But I can't help but wonder, did she not know her beautiful Nella had DS? I guess not since it seemed like a total shock to her, but don't they have tests for that very early on in pregnancy? Please forgive my ignorance

lola808 · February 2010

What a beautiful and inspirational story. Makes me even more eager to meet our LO! I love the photos, too.

liubride510 · February 2010

MauiBride2008:
I just re-read this, still touched and cried all over again. But I can't help but wonder, did she not know her beautiful Nella had DS? I guess not since it seemed like a total shock to her, but don't they have tests for that very early on in pregnancy? Please forgive my ignorance

Good questions but since she's only 31 maybe she elected not to have the tests done. Only the amnio test can diagnose DS for sure. The other tests they do 1st trimester screening gives you a statistic or your baby's possibility for having DA (1 in 100 or 1 in 1000 chance). Maybe she elected not to have the tests or she had the 1st Trimester and had a statistic that led her to believe the possibility of DS was low or next to impossible.

MauiBride2008 · February 2010

liubride510:

Good questions but since she's only 31 maybe she elected not to have the tests done. Only the amnio test can diagnose DS for sure. The other tests they do 1st trimester screening gives you a statistic or your baby's possibility for having DA (1 in 100 or 1 in 1000 chance). Maybe she elected not to have the tests or she had the 1st Trimester and had a statistic that led her to believe the possibility of DS was low or next to impossible.

That makes total sense now. That's why I was so confused, she is young so it just threw me off a bit. Thank you for clarifying that for me I have spent all afternoon reading this blog, she is such an amazing woman for sure!

eacerna · February 2010

MauiBride2008:
liubride510:

Good questions but since she's only 31 maybe she elected not to have the tests done. Only the amnio test can diagnose DS for sure. The other tests they do 1st trimester screening gives you a statistic or your baby's possibility for having DA (1 in 100 or 1 in 1000 chance). Maybe she elected not to have the tests or she had the 1st Trimester and had a statistic that led her to believe the possibility of DS was low or next to impossible.

I wondered about this too. I showed this to DH an he asked what causes DS?! Just curious, to all preggy mommies, did you have have the amnio tests done?

vanceandlori · February 2010

I really appreciated how HONEST she was in telling her story. I didn't cry until her first daughter met Nella. . .

thanks for sharing, Lori. Amazing blog

MauiWedding08 · February 2010

I read that last week and was glad I was working from home because it totally had me in tears too!

To answer PP's question - we didn't have any first tri screenings (declined the NT) and only elected to have 1 ultrasound (the 20ish week anatomy scan). At that scan they do attempt to look for any abnormalities but often something like DS wouldn't be detected. I know there are various "levels" of an anatomy scan and we opted for the lowest level (I think in terms of what machine they use and how many physical features they look for) and it was explained to me that there were a few things (like DS) that could be missed.

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