Of having her daughter Aria, Kirstin Czernek says, "I fell instantly in love and it opened my eyes to the Down syndrome community as a whole" Kirstin Czernek always wanted a big family — though ...

They may have eye diseases, vision problems ... ages 35 and older have a higher chance of having a baby with Down syndrome. If you’ve already had a child with Down syndrome, you’re more ...

Down syndrome is a genetic disorder ... it’s as if the baby is not holding well. The baby’s eyes may have an upward-slanting look so that people say they look like Chinese.

So it helps to know what options are out there and what you’ll want to keep an eye on ... men with Down syndrome usually can’t father children. Women who have it can have babies, though ...

All her newborn scans were normal ... She was just perfect." But Wiggins acknowledges that she had some worries in the weeks after Georgia's birth. "She didn't really open her eyes for at least ...

Each year, about 5,000 babies with Down syndrome are born in the U.S., or one in every 775, according to the National Down Syndrome Society. To learn more, check out the below. Melissa Rudy is ...

Each time, her eyes burned with fierce determination as she snapped “No. Never.” Because one baby had Down syndrome. Both sets of grandparents had left in tears — they’d given up.

The doll also reflects the sometimes-distinct eye gaze of a blind individual ... Each year, about 6,000 babies born in the United States have Down syndrome and it is the most common chromosomal ...

Like many babies born with Down syndrome, Sarah Jensen had to have multiple surgeries – twice for heart defects and two more times on her eyes. All of the surgeries were before she reached the ...