Just Look at Lottie, Aren't We Lucky? ; by April 2005, All Pregnant Women Will Be Offered More Accurate Screening for Down's Syndrome, Whatever Their Age. Here, One 32- Year-Old Mother, Sara Thom, Reveals Why She Is Glad She Didn't Know

Evening Standard - London › March 17, 2004

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I WAS exhausted and slightly high from the birth, but I distinctly remember looking at Charlotte and thinking: "Oh, she looks as though she has Down's syndrome."

What I noticed was the fold at the back of her neck. It hadn't been picked up by any scans, but the minute I saw her, it seemed obvious. I didn't worry about it then - I was too busy cuddling my daughter, just breathing her in - but a while later, I casually said to the midwife: "She looks as if she has Down's, doesn't she?" And to my amazement, she simply said: "Yes."

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Just Look at Lottie, Aren't We Lucky? ; by April 2005, All Pregnant Women Will Be Offered More Accurate Screening for Down's Syndrome, Whatever Their Age. Here, One 32- Year-Old Mother, Sara Thom, Reveals Why She Is Glad She Didn't Know

After that, everything became a blur. My partner, Dom, and I looked at each other, thinking: "What do we do now?" We held each other for a while, not knowing what to say or think. In the end, we fell asleep out of sheer exhaustion, only to be woken the next day by a paediatrician. I can vividly remember watching her mouth and noticing...

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