This Couple Were Besotted With Their Newborn Twins – But Then The Doctor Said, “I’m Sorry”
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Date: 2018-04-19

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After welcoming twin girls into the world in 2011, Matt and Jodi Parry probably had the same question in mind that any parent has of newborns: “Are they healthy?” Yet despite the pair making all the necessary preparations, nothing could have readied them for the doctor’s reply. He took them to a private room and said the devastating words, “I’m sorry…”

Jodi, a police force employee, and Matt, a civil servant, married in March 2007 and a year later decided that they wanted to start a family. The couple from Lancashire in the U.K. were delighted, then, when they welcomed their son, Finlay, into the world in 2009. And another year on, they began trying for a second child.

Unlike with their first child, though, Jodi became pregnant very quickly. And having already suffered a miscarriage before Finlay was born, the couple immediately began taking precautions. However, as they anxiously awaited confirmation of a heartbeat during a scan, the sonographer dropped a bombshell.

The expectant mom wrote on her blog, “The sonographer confirmed she could see a heartbeat. Matt squeezed my hand and I had shed a tear of relief, but she hadn’t finished. She then told us she could see a second heartbeat – ‘You’re pregnant with twins!’ At this point Matt and I were both crying.”

Thrilled at the prospect of welcoming twin girls into the family, the excited parents prepared themselves as best they could. Then, on June 29, 2011, Abigail and Isobel arrived. As the newborns were six weeks premature, however, they were whisked away to the neonatal ward.

The girls made good progress and seemed to be getting stronger by the day. After a couple of weeks, however, doctors became concerned about the newborns’ health. And following some tests, they made a discovery that would change everything for Matt and Jodi.

Jodi wrote, “After three weeks of watching the girls get stronger and grow we were approached by a doctor – she asked for a chat in private. My heart sank and I began to cry knowing instantly that something was wrong.” Subsequently, the couple were taken to “a bare, clinical side-room with three chairs” to discuss the issue.

“I’m sorry,” the doctor began. “Both Abigail and Isobel have Down syndrome.” The couple were understandably shaken by the news, and Jodi stated, “At that point my world fell apart. I was devastated. I felt like someone had just ripped my heart out.”

Down syndrome is triggered by carrying an extra chromosome 21. While there’s no known cause for the excess chromosome, the chances of developing the condition are around one in 1,000. The odds of it occurring in both of the identical twins, however, were a million to one.

In a state of shock and with tears pouring from her eyes, Jodi checked in on her babies. She had left them sleeping just a few minutes earlier and wasn’t sure how she would react when she saw them. But something surprising happened: the love that she felt for them before had only intensified.

“I don’t think I will ever forget that day,” Matt told Barcroft TV. “It was as if the whole world had ended. Life was not how I wanted it. I just shut down completely.” Indeed, his and Jodi’s initial feeling on the twins’ diagnosis was one of grief. In fact, they knew nothing of what having Down syndrome meant.

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