Babies of any race or religion can have Down syndrome. Mum Tania Naima Khan joins us today to tell us all about her supportive Muslim community and their pride in […]

When our first child Kush was born, shortly after his birth we were delivered the news that he has a condition called Down syndrome. We had heard of Down syndrome, […]

Shilpa is a pediatrician and the mother of a 6-year-old son, Neil, who has Down syndrome. She has kindly allowed us to share her story – which also features in […]

My name is Paul and I’m the very, very proud father of two lovely boys, Sam, aged 6 and Will aged 4. When I think back to the time of […]

Harvey is a healthy, determined, engaging little boy with a shining personality who lights up every room he enters. He loves going to school and playing with his brother and […]

I’m pregnant! Couldn’t believe I was. I was on holiday in France with my family and had sent my husband out to a French pharmacy to buy a pregnancy test […]

My name is Mark. I met my wife in 2001 and we were married by 2003. Lorraine is 9 years older than me and already had a teenage son.  Feeling […]

My name is Sara and I am the mum of two wonderful little girls – well they are not so little anymore. They both adore ballet, they love swimming and […]

I’m Jade, Chloe’s mum.  I was 19 when I found out I was pregnant, and I hadn’t given the possibility of Chloe having DS a 2nd thought.  It wasn’t until […]

Very soon after having my first daughter I fell pregnant with a little boy and, again, we refused all screening but had all the routine growth scans which showed a […]

Aiden was born on the living room wooden floor in an unplanned home birth! Fortunately a fabulous home birth midwife arrived in time to deliver him and saved his life. […]

Kitty is the youngest of our four children, who were 8, 6 & 4 when she came along.  Hers had been a fairly stressful pregnancy for various reasons, but we […]

I’m Sarah, married to Chris and Mum to three little ones – Oscar, Alfie and Flo. I think for the most part we look like your average family of 5. […]

Somos padres de una hermosa niña de 5 años, es la menor de dos niñas, su nombre es Mia, tuvimos un diagnóstico prenatal, lamentablemente la mayor parte de la información […]

I’m Lu, I have two children through IVF, Nathan is now 9 and Billy 7, who happens to have Down’s syndrome. Our first round of screening came back with a […]

Hello, I’d like to introduce myself, my name is Liz and I live in Sherborne, Dorset. I’m originally from South Yorkshire, but moved to beautiful Dorset 5 years ago due […]

There are so many preconceptions about all aspects of our lives, which cannot always be challenged until we have the experience of actually living them. So it is with the […]

It is unsettling, and also seems totally ridiculous now, as I reflect on the depression and negativity I was consumed with, when our second son George was born. He is […]

There are four of us in our family. There’s a mummy and a daddy (Hannah and Tim, from this point on referred to as “we”), there’s an older brother Austin […]