[tri-med] Re: Trisomy 18 on Oprah Winfrey


At 05:54 AM 27/10/2008, you wrote:



>I don't think that accepting, loving and caring for your baby the 
>best you can needs to be consistent with any religious belief. It is 
>innate for parents to love their babies. But they need so much 
>support to do that. To be told that your unborn baby will one day 
>die in your arms if they are lucky enough to be born alive has to be 
>the most difficult position for anyone to be in.
>


I agree 100%. We don't attend a Church. I have my own beliefs about 
God. But I do instinctively acknowledge the "sanctity of life", which 
doesn't mean I think a "god" sent us this child, it means that I 
respect his or her right to be here and give and receive love.


Jocelyn,  wife to Frank,  Mother to Ian, Gillian and Susan, Nanna to 
Carly 21  Mathew 19,  Ashleigh 18, Alex 16,  and Tess  (Trisomy 18,) 
age 11 yrs,  & Benny the Maltese, plus one amazing DIL and two 
amusing SIL's of whom I'm very fond, and their extended family who 
are too many to list here.
   

                  Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows
                       www.trisomyonline.org
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