When a woman finds out she's pregnant, it can have many meanings. For most, I think it's a feeling of anticipation mixed with a little fear. Fear of the unknown. In the process of creating a new life, there are some things that are beyond control, and mothers-to-be take one day at a time until the moment of truth arrives.
I'm not big on
statistics, but I think it's safe to say that most pregnancies result
in the birth of a normal, healthy child. That is, after all, what
parents spend nine months hoping for. However, sometimes it's the unknown that
challenges parents in ways they never expected, almost daring them to
live up to the physical and emotional demands of accepting and caring
for a child with a disability.
That's what happened to Lisa Saunders and her husband when their daughter, Elizabeth, was born on December 18, 1989, a bit earlier than her Christmas Eve due date. Their story is not only inspirational but also alerts parents to the risks of birth defects caused by congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV).
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