Sophia knew about the impact she was having on others and the positive changes we were making, and she was so proud. Every day I read her the messages of love and encouragement that many people sent her. She was so happy about the large and loving community we had built. Still, a large and supportive community didn’t always surround us. We spent the first seven years of Sophia’s life very private because of the way we were treated when we brought Sophia out into the world.
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When Mark and I decided to get pregnant, we never imagined our lives would be anything other than typical, but that all changed in the blink of an eye. I always wanted to be a mom, so my husband and I were beyond excited when we learned we were expecting. Every ultrasound throughout the pregnancy, we were told our baby was doing great until an ultrasound at 34 weeks. Our world came crashing down when we learned that something might be seriously wrong with our baby. We were immediately rushed to a specialist. It was then that two doctors spent two terrifying hours carefully examining Sophia through an ultrasound. I will never forget the moment we were told the news.
