Living With Trisomy 18 | Brianna's Pro-Life Story

The thing about trisomy 18 is that it’s a spectrum with varying results I would be more worried about the suffering and quality of life. It would be cruel for a baby to only know and feel pain. This girl has already went through so much pain.

Fucking monsters.

Unlike premise there’s enough lung surfactant

She's amazing and beautiful she's God's miracle baby and she's here for a reason. God loves special needs children we're the one's that shines God's light

Beautiful story and beautiful family! Such a testimony of God’s goodness.❤

You are such a beautiful married couple. The love is really visible. This story moved me to tears.❤

As a nurse there is a definite application in those born with diseases that in order to thrive they will always need multiple surgery or invasive procedures of their body from brith, feeding tubes and trachea as well as being susceptible to respiratory diseases, pneumonia translated into a life that is often filled with pain. The story this video presents is one of total perfection from the family, their home, how all loving they are and nothing with any real issues with such a child is presented. The only way that this reality of this child’s life will be revealed is when the cameras are turned off. No doubt that it would be more helpful for parents facing the same baby with this disability would see the painful surgeries as well the regular painful procedures in daily life as tube feeding, cleaning the tracheostomy by daily suctioning of the fluids in the throats as well caring for a disabled child’s body and tending to her when she suffers from pneumonia. It is a decision that parents can make to keep their baby alive and to do so takes a lot of pain and suffering for that child for the rest of their life. The sad part is that an adult can make a choice for invasive medical procedures but a new born baby this Genetic Disorder who cannot make a conscious choice or ever will over her own body not suffering in pain.

It is cruel to have her go through all those surgery.

What a precious family ❤

Down’s syndrome is viable.

You put this baby through hell.

I’d abort, I love my babies far too much to put them thru this h*ll

My son had trisomy 18. He passed away as I was going into my 6th month.

I work with high needs special needs kids and I've also known several people who were told to abort their baby with a syndrome detectable before birth. They were seriously pressured towards it in several cases and treated differently when they told the doctors they wouldn't do it. Just because a child's life will be different and possibly more difficult, it doesn't mean that the same child does not have life.

What a beautiful family. All girls are gorgeous. So sweet. Hmmm what God n love can do 🎉

Beautiful.❤

This family is doing a great job in raising awareness of Trisomy 18 because of Brianna, especially her four sisters!

I cant stand the sanctimonious comments that it is "gods will that she must be born and that she must suffer"

This is a personal, individual choice. Not everyone would be able to continue this pregnancy. Especially with the high risk of her suffering and dying shortly after birth.

This is sad people can make their own decisions for their lives and some can’t make hard choices which is also hard sad and cruel

Praise God ❤✝️

Pro CHOICE means you get the choice and so do I…..

What a beautiful family keep fighting for her and loving her may all her dreams come true🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

At what cost for the child?

No woman should feel shame for needing or wanting an abortion. I would have had an abortion.

She is so àdorable. God bless you and your family.Brianna is adorable

Amen, God bless your beautiful family. ❤

this is honestly horrid. I couldn't imagine bringing someone into a life like this

If you're ok with calling it life, all right. But don't forget they're suffering, physically, every time they have surgery, every time they have a stroke.

There's a lot of medical authorities who've made fatal decisions on what 'life' actually means. They are forever trying to justify a life without courage , without a meaningful community, in an able body only, is a high quality life lived. Yet cannot see the severe spiritual disability they are trapped in.

Sure your thinking of the outcome, but life has a way to countine, to change, the love and conection of family, a warm hug a gentle kiss all of these small but significant among all of us to live, gave a great impact in all our lives, don't think of it as an outcome think of it as a future positively and it will begin to fill in the blanks

People need to realize that God is in control. What a beautiful family❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

We had a little girl with this syndrome back in the seventies, she lived for three weeks and three days, we were also told that she was incompatible with life, it was the hardest time of my life.

The same people that support the aborting of humans as in this story, are the same ones who told us during the George Floyd/Black Lives Matter Moment, that no one has a right to decide who is human or put a value on that human.

She’s beautiful ❤️. Your family is beautiful 🥰

This one got more than trisomy. Unfixable.

what a wonderful family may god bless you all

I'll get hate but I think it's selfish on behalf of parents who try to extend a child's life when it's obvious they're suffering with tremendous odds against their ever having a normal existence. And please don't say it's "gods will"

For parents who have disabled children, beware there are TROLLS making terrible comments.
There is no need to justify why you chose to continue with a pregnancy following a heartbreaking diagnosis. They simply do not understand what unconditional love is.
I am a bereaved mother of a child who was born with a neurological disability. My daughter passed away at the age of 4.
A particular TROLL has the audacity and indecency to spew verbal diarrhoea in my support of Brianna and her family and in memory of my beloved daughter.
To the TROLLS attacking Brianna's family and more broadly any family of similar life circumstances, SOD OFF.

But is it living?

Back in the day we called it Downs Syndrome. I have a brother with Downs, they said he was severely Downs. Well he learned to read and write, use a calculator, take a bus to work, go to the bar and play pool. He has travelled.

My parents fought to keep him out of an institution! They didnt abort them back then instead they sent them to institutions, Eugenics Movement. Now we have a new Eugenics Movement...abortion.

Parents ran the schools for them, by the time he reached high school age they had a segregated public school for him. He was a good swimmer and bowler, he played in tge Special Olympics.

Most are born with a hole in the heart, my brother had heart surgery at 25.

He is 68 now and has dementia. Idk about that, he sure remembers me! Still going on cruises, sitting by the pool with a Marguita (virgin) in hand, enjoying life!
He made it to collect Old age pension!

Proud of you for choosing life and love over medical opinions. ❤❤❤❤

I have a half niece that has it and she is in her twenties. So, it is possible to see a person with this condition live to see adulthood. Like Khfan, she was only suppose to live a year or less, not this long so she is a miracle.

the billion dollar baby

Our trisomy 18 baby lived for theee hours before passing. Wouldnt trade that tome i had woth him.

We need protection of all humans life from moment of conception.

Nobody and I mean nobody or no power here can have control may God keep this great family strong and Lord be with all who have life harder than the next person God bless you guys i pray for his love and grace all over the place Aman and Aman 🙏🌍😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

You have got that right. The Love of God and His care you will overcome the difficulties. Praying is our most strongest weapon.🙏🙏

This is where I am pro-choice. I personally would have an abortion with a T18 child. But some people would not and that is okay.