Birthday

We were told at the 12 week scan that we had a 1 in 20 chance of having a DS child.

For us this news did not change a thing as basically I am pretty much 'firing blanks', so the chance of  us having a child of our own greatly outweighed any issues a DS child could bring.

We knew we could provide a safe and loving home, one where our child could develop and grow into the fine person I believe he is becoming.

The second Zac was born, I knew that second that he was DS, and for about 30 seconds, yes I was gutted, 20 to 1 is still pretty long odds, yet here we were..

30 seconds later and I bucked up, gratitude is a powerful thing, and here I was age 44 and a Dad for the 1st time, either I stepped up to the challenge or didn't, I chose the former option.

This picture here shows the Midwife basically checking how floppy he is, DS babies usually have poor muscle tone, Zac was no exception.

Mum, Dad and a camera shy Zac

Baby Zac

Emma and Zac

Dad doing Dad duties.

The hospital kept Mum and Zac in for a few days to run some checks, DS babies often have heart defects, with Zac, zero defects !

We can't thank enough the staff at Torbay Hospital, they showed us so much care, attention and love, and still do to this day..