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Hi, all....

I felt left out with everyone sharing stories, so thought I would chime in,

also.

My DH and I did not know prior to our daughter's birth, I was actually convinced

she was going to be a boy, we did not even know that much before hand.

My water broke during our last Lamaze class I had just reached 36 weeks. My doc

made the comment, " water doesn't usually break unless something else is going

on " , but it did not register to me at the time. Abby was born at 6:46am, on

Jan. 31, 2002 completely natural, I was very proud of that. Her apgar scores

were 7 and 9, but they took her to the special care nursery since she was 4

weeks early. She was absolutely beautiful! (she still is). I could not tell at

birth, I still do not " see it " , some people might view that as denial, I view it

as when I see Abby, I see Abby for what she is, I do not see a child with ds, as

that is not who she is.

However, when the Dr said " we feel your daughter was born with ds " my brain

searched for any info it knew on ds, all I could find was some TV shows I had

seen with a character named Corky. I thought to myself, " ok, that's fine we can

deal with that " .

Do I cry? Sometimes...yes...recently I was at Wal-mart, alone, a rare moment

when raising 3 kids, and a young man with ds was with his parents in line in

front of me struck up a conversation, it was all I could do to hold back the

tears until I finished checking out and left. One time, Burke (the TV

Corky character) performed at my older children's elem. school, I cried through

the whole performance.

Our kids are born with something extra, the something I think the rest of are

missing sometimes. I truly have an angel living in my house, I have heard her

talking to them, I see the way she can change a complete strangers day, by

waving and smiling at them. I even had a woman one time tell me, " she (meaning

my daughter) is the best thing that has happened to me today. " That comment

still makes me smile today.

Thanks for listening to me ramble....

-Diane

Take Care,

-Diane