Re: RE: families with multiple children with DS [2 Attachments]

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That's beautiful! Congratulations and best of luck to you and yours. I wish my husband would read some of these entries. He's in love with our daughter and falling deeply for our boys but not engaged at all regarding the DS. Still, I can't see him ever leaving us! xo maggie Mom to Olivia '01 and & '05 (IDs w/ DS)

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To: Multiples-DS Sent: Sun, October 17, 2010 11:57:57 AMSubject: Re: RE: families with multiple children with DS [2 Attachments]

Here are my 2 children with DS, Zachary 9 yrs and is almost 2yrs. My husband and I separated and divorced during my pregnancy with Lexi. Our divorce was final 3 days after she was born. We had other marital issues that actually caused the divorce but I never expected to get back together or that my husband would want to be part of her life. We were remarried less than a year after her birth and our divorce. We are doing well and attribute our reconsiliation to Lexi and the fact that she was born with DS. We love her to pieces. I attatched pics of both of our wonderful special children. We have 5 kids total, 19, 17, 9, 3 and 22 months... we are busy.

Lots of love for you and your family,

Cyndi

Subject: RE: families with multiple children with DSTo: Multiples-DS Date: Thursday, October 14, 2010, 9:57 AM

Hi Joyce, I noticed a while back you have 3 children with DS & I have proudly bragged about you to my husband because you proudly announce you are "wife to Mike for 35 wonderful years", despite the fact of having a child or many children with DS or a disability.

You & many others on this website have proved to my husband that though there are challenges there are fathers & men that are going to hang in there & stick by their womans side & assist in caring for the child/ren.

I am currently pregnant with my second son that has DS, my husband took it very hard in the beginning & he found all the negatives to having another child with a disability. He read many articles on the internet in which the parents ended up in divorce because of the challenges of having a child/ren with disabilities. He found some where the mother was the one that couldn't deal with the fact that she had a child with a disability. After all the reading, he asked me if it meant there is that possibility that he would walk out on us would I still keep the baby? I told him yes I will keep the baby. Today he is proud to have another son even though he has DS. He tells me he is happy I didn't go through with the "unthinkable" as he wanted.

It appears to me that fathers more than mothers have a difficult time accepting a child with a disability, So I proudly commend those fathers that hung in there & joyfully announce there child/ren to the world.

Joyce I just thought I would share a little background about me & some of my feelings. What I really want to know since your children are older, did you have many challenges while they where growing? My son is 7 and I am due to deliver Cruz the end of November. Although I am aware that every child is different, Will you share with me some things to expect?

Sincerely,

Proud Mom to Jamal 28, Dimitri 21, Nilsa 19, Marco 9, 7 DS, Cruz 0 DS