The touching story about the motherly love between a young mother and her child diagnosed with Down syndrome is attracting the attention of many netizens, especially the nursing mothers’ association. Because more than anyone else, a woman with the noblest vocation of being pregnant and giving birth will sympathize and better understand the situation as well as the decision to sacrifice for the love of her child.
Jessica Egan and her husband, after many unsuccessful attempts to conceive naturally, had to seek medical intervention and decided to use artificial insemination to find a chance to get pregnant and have children. After two inseminations, Jessica and her husband received good news that she was pregnant. However, the joy did not last long. At week 11, the young mother was shocked when the doctor informed her and her husband that their baby daughter was positive for Down syndrome, with an extra chromosome number 21. After 3 days of being immersed in tears and despair, she and her husband decided to learn about this disease to continue having children and help their children have a normal life like other children.
It may be a bold and somewhat dangerous decision, but with love for your child, nothing is impossible. Jessica and her husband joined the organization for people with Down syndrome in their hometown and learned more information about this disease. Jessica said: “With the rate of 1/700 babies born with Down syndrome where I live, and 1/1100 babies in Australia, this is not a very rare disease at all. However, it is I myself have never met or come into contact with any sick child, so my knowledge is almost zero.”