About one in every 700 hundred babies are born with Down syndrome, according to the National Down Syndrome Society, and Brittany has made it her mission to help parents better understand what it ...

Half of babies with Down syndrome have life-threatening heart defects that require surgery. She would need an echocardiogram, her stomach x-rayed, her kidneys checked, and, of course, there were ...

Mom Mourns News Her Baby Has Down Syndrome. Then Daughter's Birth Changes Their Family Plans ... "It was pretty much as bad as it gets, in terms of what can happen to your baby,” she says.

This year’s Gerber baby is a smiley 18-month-old boy from Georgia — and the first child with Down syndrome to win the contest, the company announced Wednesday. Lucas, who sported ...

The 2018 Gerber baby is Lucas Warren, a 1-year-old from Dalton, Georgia who is the first child with Down syndrome to be named a Gerber baby since the contest's start in 2010.

Jan. 12, 2011— -- Lynn Harris, pregnant for the first time and in her late 30s, faced a decision many older women at higher risk for Down syndrome babies are asked to make: choose a form of ...

She yearned to have a baby, but feared Down syndrome: 'What happened was meant to be' "She’s the biggest blessing I could have ever hoped for." March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day.

For example, babies born with Down syndrome often have heart problems. Issues with maternal health, such as underlying and poorly controlled type 2 diabetes , can also result in a baby developing ...

It's still just one day at a time: Raising a baby with Down syndrome, or any baby with special needs, doesn't have to be the hardship many people believe. Learn how one working mother and her ...