My husband and I received the phone call yesterday! We’re expecting a healthy baby boy! We lost my sweet Mackenzie Rae, in February of 2017 to a rare genetic/mitochondrial disease, at 5.5 months old. After extensive testing my husband and I learned that we’re both carriers of this rare genetic mutation and we had a 25% chance of passing it along to another child. I’m currently 16w6d and it’s been an extremely stressful and anxious pregnancy. We completed a CVS a month ago and God is good! Our baby boy doesn’t even carry the disease.

I can’t stress how important genetic testing/counseling is. My husband has two brothers who each have two of their own children and there is no known genetic issues. Doctors told us we should have won the powerball with our chances of both being carriers. I know there was a reason my baby girl was put on this earth but living in the hospital for three months and not being able to hold her for the last two weeks of her life was torture. So thankful for this second chance (sixth pregnancy; multiple miscarriages) and our baby boy 💙💚