hi, my name is eileen. growing up with turner syndrome (ts) was not always easy. i had a lot of self-esteem issues. because of these issues, my teenage and young adult years were difficult. at 14 – 15 while all my friends were dating and having fun, i had a hard time with dating because i felt i wasn’t worthy. this continued on to my adult life. in my early to mid twenties, seeing my friends and family get married and have children was extremely hard for me. whenever i heard of a friend or family member having a baby it felt like a punch in my gut. i would always think to myself “this is not fair, they can have kids and i can’t”. sometimes, i would even cry knowing that the prospect of having children for me was bleak at best.
in 2009, i made a decision that would change my life forever. i decided to move to las vegas to be closer to my family because of my father’s diagnosis of lung cancer. after moving to vegas, i began searching for local ts butterflies in the city. i met and became friends with kimberly gamson, also diagnosed with ts, and her husband.
in november of 2012, i was to celebrate thanksgiving with them, but that was not to be. kimberly passed away november 6, 2012 due to kidney issues. needless to say, i was shocked and very sad. her husband steve took it very hard, understandably. after her memorial, a family member of mine said, “you will never see him again.” but, something told me he was wrong.
a few days before mother’s day 2013, steve called me and asked if i wanted to go to a concert to celebrate mother’s day with him and his mother. i gladly accepted his offer. we had so much fun that night. after that, we became friends, then eventually a couple. i still ask myself, how did i get so lucky? he is an amazing person. we cannot wait to start planning our future together. we have 2 cats, gigi and cheyenne, but plan to foster and/or adopt, and hopefully move out of vegas.
to all my butterflies who think they will never find love, “that is not true.” they will appear when you least expect it.
in 2009, i made a decision that would change my life forever. i decided to move to las vegas to be closer to my family because of my father’s diagnosis of lung cancer. after moving to vegas, i began searching for local ts butterflies in the city. i met and became friends with kimberly gamson, also diagnosed with ts, and her husband.
in november of 2012, i was to celebrate thanksgiving with them, but that was not to be. kimberly passed away november 6, 2012 due to kidney issues. needless to say, i was shocked and very sad. her husband steve took it very hard, understandably. after her memorial, a family member of mine said, “you will never see him again.” but, something told me he was wrong.
a few days before mother’s day 2013, steve called me and asked if i wanted to go to a concert to celebrate mother’s day with him and his mother. i gladly accepted his offer. we had so much fun that night. after that, we became friends, then eventually a couple. i still ask myself, how did i get so lucky? he is an amazing person. we cannot wait to start planning our future together. we have 2 cats, gigi and cheyenne, but plan to foster and/or adopt, and hopefully move out of vegas.
to all my butterflies who think they will never find love, “that is not true.” they will appear when you least expect it.
my name is lauren and i was diagnosed around age 8. i had no symptoms at birth. my pediatrician told my mother i had fallen off of the growth charts and there was a good chance i had turners syndrome. i was referred to specialists at children's hospital in pittsburgh, and sure enough, his suspicions were confirmed via blood work and a karyotype. the journey of this butterfly and her family had just begun.
my exact karyotype is 45, xo/46, xy,/46, x, dic (y)/47, x, dic (y) y and according to the director of the division of medical genetics at children's hospital, it is one of the less common chromosomal abnormalities found in ts. if you're gonna be unique, you might as well be super unique!
school was at times a struggle socially and during math class. i was very small and painfully shy at times. i was always in basic math classes where i struggled. fortunately, my parents were my advocates and always fought for the extra help i needed and explained to my teachers my situation. i always seemed to excel in reading and writing and would often spend my lunches and recesses reading instead of playing. i saw many specialists and underwent a lot of various tests where i always tested above average in everything except math. i count that as a win.
my parents were amazing, taking me from doctor to doctor and specialist to soecialists. i attended a growth camp sponsored by children's hospital were i networked with other ts girls and teens. they had to fight with the drug companies to make sure all the medicine i needed was covered since it was all fairly new 20+ years ago.
i also took humatrope growth hormone and reached close to 5'1". there are many petite women in my family, including my mom, so i am actually average in my own family. i had to have my ovaries removed because they were streaked and could have turned cancerous. i underwent hormone replacement therapy. to this day, knock on wood, that's the only surgery i've had. i had chronic ear infections in my eight ear as a child and have some hearing loss in that ear, but nothing that needs attention right now.
if there's something that i've learned while loving with ts, it's that we can do anything. i was always a b+ student, and i went away to college and graduated in 2004 with my bachelors degree in english professional writing and a minor in french. i also passed my drivers test (after about 8 times of failing) and got my license. i am with the man i love and work full time as a health care provider in a nursing home. i am a godmother, a sister, a daughter, a college graduate, a friend, a butterfly, and someone who will always do my best to overcome whatever obstacles are placed in front of me. i like to say i have ts but ts does not have me. it's a part of me but doesn't define me. it won't make or break me. i spent so many years depressed, ashamed and hiding the fact that i am part of the 2%. now, i am damn proud of it. i was blessed to be able to attend the tssus conference in dallas last year. i strongly recommend all butterflies and their families attend if they are able. i've networked and met so many lovely butterflies through facebook. i even have 2 sisters that have become my best friends. one lives 5 minutes away from me!!!!! i mean, is that incredible or what?? i've truly come full circle from that ashamed little isolated girl i was years ago.
please feel free to find me on facebook since i am addicted to it, or email me at miss_morrow@yahoo.com. i love meeting butterflies and their mothers. if i could tell the parents one thing about their daughter, it is that she will be normal. if there is such a thing as normal. she will have best friends and go on dates and to prom. she will have a job and maybe go to college, drive a car and even have a family of her own. don't let something as abstract as a syndrome define her. limit her, and she will be limited. if not, the world is hers to explore and enjoy.
butterfly hugs,
lauren morrow
my exact karyotype is 45, xo/46, xy,/46, x, dic (y)/47, x, dic (y) y and according to the director of the division of medical genetics at children's hospital, it is one of the less common chromosomal abnormalities found in ts. if you're gonna be unique, you might as well be super unique!
school was at times a struggle socially and during math class. i was very small and painfully shy at times. i was always in basic math classes where i struggled. fortunately, my parents were my advocates and always fought for the extra help i needed and explained to my teachers my situation. i always seemed to excel in reading and writing and would often spend my lunches and recesses reading instead of playing. i saw many specialists and underwent a lot of various tests where i always tested above average in everything except math. i count that as a win.
my parents were amazing, taking me from doctor to doctor and specialist to soecialists. i attended a growth camp sponsored by children's hospital were i networked with other ts girls and teens. they had to fight with the drug companies to make sure all the medicine i needed was covered since it was all fairly new 20+ years ago.
i also took humatrope growth hormone and reached close to 5'1". there are many petite women in my family, including my mom, so i am actually average in my own family. i had to have my ovaries removed because they were streaked and could have turned cancerous. i underwent hormone replacement therapy. to this day, knock on wood, that's the only surgery i've had. i had chronic ear infections in my eight ear as a child and have some hearing loss in that ear, but nothing that needs attention right now.
if there's something that i've learned while loving with ts, it's that we can do anything. i was always a b+ student, and i went away to college and graduated in 2004 with my bachelors degree in english professional writing and a minor in french. i also passed my drivers test (after about 8 times of failing) and got my license. i am with the man i love and work full time as a health care provider in a nursing home. i am a godmother, a sister, a daughter, a college graduate, a friend, a butterfly, and someone who will always do my best to overcome whatever obstacles are placed in front of me. i like to say i have ts but ts does not have me. it's a part of me but doesn't define me. it won't make or break me. i spent so many years depressed, ashamed and hiding the fact that i am part of the 2%. now, i am damn proud of it. i was blessed to be able to attend the tssus conference in dallas last year. i strongly recommend all butterflies and their families attend if they are able. i've networked and met so many lovely butterflies through facebook. i even have 2 sisters that have become my best friends. one lives 5 minutes away from me!!!!! i mean, is that incredible or what?? i've truly come full circle from that ashamed little isolated girl i was years ago.
please feel free to find me on facebook since i am addicted to it, or email me at miss_morrow@yahoo.com. i love meeting butterflies and their mothers. if i could tell the parents one thing about their daughter, it is that she will be normal. if there is such a thing as normal. she will have best friends and go on dates and to prom. she will have a job and maybe go to college, drive a car and even have a family of her own. don't let something as abstract as a syndrome define her. limit her, and she will be limited. if not, the world is hers to explore and enjoy.
butterfly hugs,
lauren morrow
my name is barbara and i was born a month early. i ended up staying in the hospital for two weeks to gain weight and for my lungs to develop better before i was allowed to go home with my parents. all through the years and school my grandmother would tell my mother that they needed to have me checked out because i was so small something was wrong with me. my parents always said i was made the way i am i was just smaller that nothing was wrong with me. i had several ear infections and kept bronchitis but no one checked into anything.
finally in september 1996, coming close to my 16th birthday i was at my family doctor because i had another ear infection. he finally asked my mom if i had started puberty and she said no and he suggested running a karotype because he felt i may have a chromosome disorder called turners syndrome. so the following morning we went and had the blood work ran. then a few days later the family doctor called and said he suspected correctly and i did have turners syndrome.
he referred us to a pediatric endocrinologist and so we could get more information. the endocrinologist did more blood work to check my estrogen level and then asked if we would like to start me on nutrophin a growth hormone shot i would have to take daily. so we agreed, because of the timing i only ended up taking the growth hormones for a year.i did find out i have a healthy heart but my left kidney is horseshoe shaped. i was also diagnosed with diabetes type 2 four years ago also. but lost 40 pounds and got my sugar under control and am now off the oral medication.
when i got my license at almost 17 years old i decided i wanted to work. i got my first job as a cashier at a local grocery store. i continued to work through the rest of high school. i graduated with mostly a's and b's. math was a daily struggle for me but i got tutoring and did the best i would.
i've continued to work in retail and work my way up through management.
i got married to a boyfriend i had had since high school. we've now been married for 13 wonderful years. due to ts causing infertility we knew we would have to expand our family through other ways. we now are licensed foster parents and have two beautiful foster daughters whom situation has changed to being free for adoption and now will be ours forever.
ts may have changed what i would have wanted for myself but i feel i've made the best of things.
-barbara deese
finally in september 1996, coming close to my 16th birthday i was at my family doctor because i had another ear infection. he finally asked my mom if i had started puberty and she said no and he suggested running a karotype because he felt i may have a chromosome disorder called turners syndrome. so the following morning we went and had the blood work ran. then a few days later the family doctor called and said he suspected correctly and i did have turners syndrome.
he referred us to a pediatric endocrinologist and so we could get more information. the endocrinologist did more blood work to check my estrogen level and then asked if we would like to start me on nutrophin a growth hormone shot i would have to take daily. so we agreed, because of the timing i only ended up taking the growth hormones for a year.i did find out i have a healthy heart but my left kidney is horseshoe shaped. i was also diagnosed with diabetes type 2 four years ago also. but lost 40 pounds and got my sugar under control and am now off the oral medication.
when i got my license at almost 17 years old i decided i wanted to work. i got my first job as a cashier at a local grocery store. i continued to work through the rest of high school. i graduated with mostly a's and b's. math was a daily struggle for me but i got tutoring and did the best i would.
i've continued to work in retail and work my way up through management.
i got married to a boyfriend i had had since high school. we've now been married for 13 wonderful years. due to ts causing infertility we knew we would have to expand our family through other ways. we now are licensed foster parents and have two beautiful foster daughters whom situation has changed to being free for adoption and now will be ours forever.
ts may have changed what i would have wanted for myself but i feel i've made the best of things.
-barbara deese
hi i'm shannon and i've know i have had ts since i was 16. as a young child i had sever ear problems with days i could not lift my head up off the pillow it would hurt so much. it was diagnosed as a hole in my ear drums which ive now learnt ear problems is a symptom of ts. other then that i was very lucky and had no other issues as a child. when i turned 16 i noticed i hadn't had a menstrual cycle and all the women in my family had started very young. a little curious but thinking nothing of it went to the doctors who ordered some tests to be safe which confirmed i have ts. it seems i have been very fortunate that i was diagnosis with under active thyroid and low estrogen levels caused by my ts and so far show no other signs. i've been told that i can carry a child but very unlikely it will be conceived naturally. i've learnt a lot through investigating and some support groups of issues i need to be tested for as my doctor could not assist me and the genetic specialist could not tell me anything i did not learn through my own research. i think the more ts becomes more relevant the better as i do not believe there is enough information out there on the condition .
my name is barbara and i was born a month early. i ended up staying in the hospital for two weeks to gain weight and for my lungs to develope better for i was allowed to go home with my parents.
all thru the years and school my grandmother would tell my mother that they needed to have me checked out because i was so small something was wrong with me. my parents always said i was made the way i am i was just smaller that nothing was wrong with me.
through the years i had a lot of ear infections and kept bronchitis but no one checked into anything.
finally in september 1996, coming close to my 16th birthday i was at my family doctor because i had another ear infection.
he finally asked my mom if i had started puberty and she said no and he suggested running a karotype because he felt i may have a chromosome disorder called turners syndrome.
so the following morning we went and had the blood work ran.
then a few days later the family doctor called and said he suspected correctly and i did have turners syndrome.
he refered us to a pediatric endocrinologist and so we could get more information.
the endocrinologist did more bloodwork to check my estrogen level and then asked if we would like to begin me on nutrophin a growth hormone shot i would have to take daily. so we agreed.
because of the timing i only ended up taking the growth hormones for a year.
i did findout i have a healthy heart but my left kidney is horseshoe shaped.
i was also diagnosed with diabetes type 2 four years ago also. but lost 40lbs and got my sugar under control and am now off the oral medication.
when i got my license at almost 17 years old i decided i wanted to work.
i got my first job as a cashier at a local grocery store. i continued to work through the rest of high school.
i graduated with mostly a's and b's.
math was a daily struggle for me but i got tutoring and did the best i would.
i've continued to work in retail and work my way up through management.
i got married to a boyfriend i had had since high school. we've now been married for 13 wonderful years.
due to ts causing infertility we knew we would have to expand our family through other ways.
we now are licensed foster parents and have two beautiful foster daughters whom situation has changed to being free for adoption and now willbe ours forever.
ts may have changed what i would have wanted for myself but i feel i've made the best of things.
-barbara deese
all thru the years and school my grandmother would tell my mother that they needed to have me checked out because i was so small something was wrong with me. my parents always said i was made the way i am i was just smaller that nothing was wrong with me.
through the years i had a lot of ear infections and kept bronchitis but no one checked into anything.
finally in september 1996, coming close to my 16th birthday i was at my family doctor because i had another ear infection.
he finally asked my mom if i had started puberty and she said no and he suggested running a karotype because he felt i may have a chromosome disorder called turners syndrome.
so the following morning we went and had the blood work ran.
then a few days later the family doctor called and said he suspected correctly and i did have turners syndrome.
he refered us to a pediatric endocrinologist and so we could get more information.
the endocrinologist did more bloodwork to check my estrogen level and then asked if we would like to begin me on nutrophin a growth hormone shot i would have to take daily. so we agreed.
because of the timing i only ended up taking the growth hormones for a year.
i did findout i have a healthy heart but my left kidney is horseshoe shaped.
i was also diagnosed with diabetes type 2 four years ago also. but lost 40lbs and got my sugar under control and am now off the oral medication.
when i got my license at almost 17 years old i decided i wanted to work.
i got my first job as a cashier at a local grocery store. i continued to work through the rest of high school.
i graduated with mostly a's and b's.
math was a daily struggle for me but i got tutoring and did the best i would.
i've continued to work in retail and work my way up through management.
i got married to a boyfriend i had had since high school. we've now been married for 13 wonderful years.
due to ts causing infertility we knew we would have to expand our family through other ways.
we now are licensed foster parents and have two beautiful foster daughters whom situation has changed to being free for adoption and now willbe ours forever.
ts may have changed what i would have wanted for myself but i feel i've made the best of things.
-barbara deese
my name is jennifer holmes and i am 25 years old. i was born healthy with my twin brother in august of 1988. i was diagnosed shortly after my 14th birthday. we went to the doctor because of being concerned with my height and puberty. so i was then sent to a pediatric endocrinologist who knew right away that i had t.s. but needed to confirm with blood test. i was then lucky enough to start on growth hormone to help me grow. i didn't have a lot of signs of t.s. just short stature, slightly webbed neck, low hair line and ear infections as a baby. i now work in optical and still learning and growing in different ways. i love talking to other ladies with t.s. its nice to be able to learn from others. you can find me on facebook.
have a wonderful day!
jennifer holmes
have a wonderful day!
jennifer holmes
my name is rachel bowman and i am a 32 year old turner syndrome woman from ky. i was diagnosed at the age of 14 yrs old. i showed no signs of ts, except short stature. finally at age 14, my mom got tired of my pediatrician telling her that i would hit a growth spurt and sought out the opinion of a local pediatric endocrinologist. after the karyotype blood test, it was confirmed that i had ts. i married my husband at the age of 21, went through nursing school, then began the ivf with egg donation process. i became pregnant the first try but miscarried at 9 1/2 wks. i went through 3 more rounds before turning to domestic adoption. after 18 months of waiting to be placed, we were matched with a beautiful newborn baby girl who we named hailey. my husband and i have since divorced. i have bought my own house, held the same job for over 7 1/2 yrs, and have the best group of friends and family. i love talking with others about ts and helping others with ts by giving advice and sharing my experience. feel free to email me at haileysmom013011@hotmail.com anytime! rachel bowman (rachel elizabeth on facebook)
my name is kym hall and i was diagnosed with turner's syndrome at 16 years old.. i was born the youngest of six with my twin brother in 1971. i showed some signs growing up of turner syndrome but doctors never put it together till 16 . i was always the shortest in my class had the webbed neck and hearing problems. at 16 my mom was concerned about my growth and puberty so off to the doctors we went then did a dna test which confirmed turner syndrome. it was scary at first not understanding turner syndrome and being a teen but i learned quickly not to let it stop me. meeting others with turner syndrome helped me as well. i went to college got my ba and masters in counseling.
i am currently a teacher and a volunteer advocate in my home state of new jersey. i was instrumental in helping getting a bill passed that makes february turner syndrome awareness month in new jersey.
i want every turner syndrome baby to have the advantages i didn't have due to my late diagnosis. i have a passion for awareness and hope to allow more girls a much earlier detection.
look me up on youtube search kym turner syndrome diaries for more info on my story at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb8mgxt2pps
i am currently a teacher and a volunteer advocate in my home state of new jersey. i was instrumental in helping getting a bill passed that makes february turner syndrome awareness month in new jersey.
i want every turner syndrome baby to have the advantages i didn't have due to my late diagnosis. i have a passion for awareness and hope to allow more girls a much earlier detection.
look me up on youtube search kym turner syndrome diaries for more info on my story at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb8mgxt2pps
this is ashley baxley on behalf of her butterfly (pictured) madison (madi):
it was may 29th 2009 (my birthday) we had our gender reveal ultrasound and we were very excited to be having our 2nd baby girl! ally was going to have a little sister! we were over the moon. but little did we know that our excitement would be short lived. we walked into the exam room to find my dr looking like a ghost. she gently pulled up her stool and sat down. she then began to tell us that there was something wrong with our baby girl. the ultrasound tech found a large cystic hygroma (fluid filled sack) on the back of her neck and we needed to see a specialist right away! the next week waiting for that appointment was living hell! what was wrong with our daughter? will she be ok? well, the day arrived and we saw the specialist and had an amnio done to test the amniotic fluid so we could get some answers. a little over a week passed and the dr called with the results. our baby had turner syndrome and was given a 1% chance of survival. the specialist reccomended that we terminate the pregnancy since the baby would likely pass away anyways. that was not an option for us, we chose to fight for our baby girl, and only god was going to take her away from us! we prayed sooo hard for our sweet girl, she just had to make it, there was no other option! on september 30th 2009, god granted us our miracle. madison leanne baxley was born. a beautiful, swollen baby girl! she has so much fluid on her little body that she looked like she weighed at least 15lbs, but in reality she was a 7lb 15oz little fighter. she was immediatly taken to the nicu after birth and due to medical issues on my end she was 2 days old before i got to see my princess! she was transferred to the childrens hospital at 4 days old and had her first open heart surgery at 6 days old. she spent 15 days total in the hospital before we brought her home. she is now a thriving 4 year old and she amazes us every single day. she battles sensory processing disorder, ocd, approx 5 heart defects, vision problems, kidney problems, hypothyroidism, acid reflux, lymphedema and more. and she will likely need more heart surgeries in the future! she is our beautiful little butterfly and i know that god has huge plans for our little girl.
it was may 29th 2009 (my birthday) we had our gender reveal ultrasound and we were very excited to be having our 2nd baby girl! ally was going to have a little sister! we were over the moon. but little did we know that our excitement would be short lived. we walked into the exam room to find my dr looking like a ghost. she gently pulled up her stool and sat down. she then began to tell us that there was something wrong with our baby girl. the ultrasound tech found a large cystic hygroma (fluid filled sack) on the back of her neck and we needed to see a specialist right away! the next week waiting for that appointment was living hell! what was wrong with our daughter? will she be ok? well, the day arrived and we saw the specialist and had an amnio done to test the amniotic fluid so we could get some answers. a little over a week passed and the dr called with the results. our baby had turner syndrome and was given a 1% chance of survival. the specialist reccomended that we terminate the pregnancy since the baby would likely pass away anyways. that was not an option for us, we chose to fight for our baby girl, and only god was going to take her away from us! we prayed sooo hard for our sweet girl, she just had to make it, there was no other option! on september 30th 2009, god granted us our miracle. madison leanne baxley was born. a beautiful, swollen baby girl! she has so much fluid on her little body that she looked like she weighed at least 15lbs, but in reality she was a 7lb 15oz little fighter. she was immediatly taken to the nicu after birth and due to medical issues on my end she was 2 days old before i got to see my princess! she was transferred to the childrens hospital at 4 days old and had her first open heart surgery at 6 days old. she spent 15 days total in the hospital before we brought her home. she is now a thriving 4 year old and she amazes us every single day. she battles sensory processing disorder, ocd, approx 5 heart defects, vision problems, kidney problems, hypothyroidism, acid reflux, lymphedema and more. and she will likely need more heart surgeries in the future! she is our beautiful little butterfly and i know that god has huge plans for our little girl.
this is victoria she is the daughter of cindy prince and this is her story of turner syndrome as shared by her mother. victoria will be 4 in april of 2014 and knock on wood, right now she is doing great. she was a preemie and had struggles early on in life but has over come many obstacles and is thriving. she is a very strong fighter like all of the ts butterflies.
this is the story of hannah as told by her mother judy robertson.
when i found out i was pregnant for the second time i was very excited and was hoping for a girl as i have my son logan. i went for my twelve week scan at aberdeen maternity hospital i was really excited to say the least. my mum was there and so was my partner. i lay there looking at the screen watching my baby. then turned to look at the lady doing the scan she looked quite worried so i asked if everything was ok, she said that my baby had a very large sack of fluid on her neck and that it could mean there is something wrong so she sent for a doctor to have a look and get a second oppinion. what the hell was going on!!!
the doctor came and had a look, she then left the room and we were asked to follow the nurse to another room, when i entered i new they were going to give us bad news as there was a box of tissues on the table, before they said anything i burst into tears. the doctor began to explain what was wrong she said that my baby could have downsydrome, edwards sydrome or turners sydrome i was very confused how ? why? she said the only way we could be sure is for me to come back and have an amio but there was a chance if i had it that i could lose the baby. i decided that i would have the amio.
a few weeks l8tr i returned and went threw the amio they couldnt tell me right there and then what was wrong so i returned home to wait for a call, a week l8tr i recieved a call asking me to come in asap.
we got there and they took us back into the room with the tissues on the table, the doctor said i was having a girl and that she had turners syndrome i really didnt know what t.s was, but by the way she spoke about it, it seemed very scary. she even said that i can have an abortion i was shocked, was it really that bad that i was being offered an abortion. i asked why and she said that it was more than likely i would lose her within the next two weeks and if not there would be huge complications ( boy were they wrong) so i went home and looked up on the internet, i wasnt rewally sure what i was looking for and i couldnt understand as every photo or every comment i saw it seemed that the doctor was very wrong, so after a very sleepless night i came to the decition that if she wasnt ment to be she would choose that path herself.
2 weeks before hannahs due date i gave birth to a beautiful girl weighing 5ib 6oz, she had a very puffy foot, but appart from that all was fine, hannah was taken for several scans over the next few months, and just about all came back fine apart from her kidney scan which said that she had a very large kidney and the other one had shriveled up. ( although i have been in with her again and they say she has a horse shoe shaped one) then again and they said she only had one :( very confusing
hannah started growth hormone when she was 4 years old and is doing very well the doctors say she has grown so well that they think she is taller than most girls at her age with her condition. she is a very happy thoughtful girl who lets nothing get in her way. she is top in her class for most things, she goes to dancing and has lots and lots of friends. at the moment she is going through a stage with playing with dolls and walking around with a pillow up her jumper pretending she is pregnant, talking about the kids she is going to have when she is older, this makes me very sad as i know that she cant have children because of her condition and i cant tell her as i dont want to spoil her wee dream, i know i will have to soon when the right time comes.
i am so glad i didnt listen to the doctor, i have a very pretty princess for a daughter whom is my world
when i found out i was pregnant for the second time i was very excited and was hoping for a girl as i have my son logan. i went for my twelve week scan at aberdeen maternity hospital i was really excited to say the least. my mum was there and so was my partner. i lay there looking at the screen watching my baby. then turned to look at the lady doing the scan she looked quite worried so i asked if everything was ok, she said that my baby had a very large sack of fluid on her neck and that it could mean there is something wrong so she sent for a doctor to have a look and get a second oppinion. what the hell was going on!!!
the doctor came and had a look, she then left the room and we were asked to follow the nurse to another room, when i entered i new they were going to give us bad news as there was a box of tissues on the table, before they said anything i burst into tears. the doctor began to explain what was wrong she said that my baby could have downsydrome, edwards sydrome or turners sydrome i was very confused how ? why? she said the only way we could be sure is for me to come back and have an amio but there was a chance if i had it that i could lose the baby. i decided that i would have the amio.
a few weeks l8tr i returned and went threw the amio they couldnt tell me right there and then what was wrong so i returned home to wait for a call, a week l8tr i recieved a call asking me to come in asap.
we got there and they took us back into the room with the tissues on the table, the doctor said i was having a girl and that she had turners syndrome i really didnt know what t.s was, but by the way she spoke about it, it seemed very scary. she even said that i can have an abortion i was shocked, was it really that bad that i was being offered an abortion. i asked why and she said that it was more than likely i would lose her within the next two weeks and if not there would be huge complications ( boy were they wrong) so i went home and looked up on the internet, i wasnt rewally sure what i was looking for and i couldnt understand as every photo or every comment i saw it seemed that the doctor was very wrong, so after a very sleepless night i came to the decition that if she wasnt ment to be she would choose that path herself.
2 weeks before hannahs due date i gave birth to a beautiful girl weighing 5ib 6oz, she had a very puffy foot, but appart from that all was fine, hannah was taken for several scans over the next few months, and just about all came back fine apart from her kidney scan which said that she had a very large kidney and the other one had shriveled up. ( although i have been in with her again and they say she has a horse shoe shaped one) then again and they said she only had one :( very confusing
hannah started growth hormone when she was 4 years old and is doing very well the doctors say she has grown so well that they think she is taller than most girls at her age with her condition. she is a very happy thoughtful girl who lets nothing get in her way. she is top in her class for most things, she goes to dancing and has lots and lots of friends. at the moment she is going through a stage with playing with dolls and walking around with a pillow up her jumper pretending she is pregnant, talking about the kids she is going to have when she is older, this makes me very sad as i know that she cant have children because of her condition and i cant tell her as i dont want to spoil her wee dream, i know i will have to soon when the right time comes.
i am so glad i didnt listen to the doctor, i have a very pretty princess for a daughter whom is my world