Sophie shares her experience of having her daughter Olive, who was diagnosed with Down Syndrome and multiple health complications, including a serious heart condition. Despite being told Olive might not breastfeed, Sophie was determined to do so. Olive underwent open-heart surgery at 12 weeks and received her mother’s milk exclusively.
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When we had our 20 week scan with olive, and we were told that she had a slight problem, where the baby had a slight problem with their kidneys, and that they couldn’t see her heart clearly. So they asked us to come back the following day for a specific cardiac scan, and during that scan, they told us the baby had quite a serious problem with the heart…read more