Water birth photos show the moment mom learns baby has Down syndrome
by Melissa Willets posted in Pregnancy
Texas mom Amber Rojas chose a water birth to welcome her fifth child. "As soon as I looked down, I saw it. I saw it in my baby's face. I thought to myself...my baby has Down syndrome," she told Health about newborn Amadeus.
These moving and love-filled images from little Ami's birth were captured by Amanda Gipson of Birth Unscripted.
According to Health, the sonogram Rojas had during her pregnancy did not reveal any markers for Down syndrome. But a visit to the hospital confirmed what Ami's mom already sensed. And what's more, the newborn's low resting heart rate signaled she had a heart defect typical to babies with Down syndrome.
Ami underwent open heart surgery when she was just 5 months old. Rojas told BabyCenter in an email, "The scariest moment for me was when the doctor explained what would actually happen during the surgery. [It would involve] stopping my daughter's heart for four to six hours. I remember for a brief moment after him saying that, he just continued to talk and I realized I had no idea what he was saying." She adds, "On the day of the surgery when the anesthesiologists started to go into detail, they mentioned having to cool her body down to save the rest of her organs, which again was [a] complete shock to me." Rojas relatably admits, "Before Ami was born, I remember being nervous just to take my kids to a dentist appointment, so hearing [this] seemed unre...
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