Anna D. Healthy Living Professional

My husband and I are the proud new adoptive parents of a beautiful baby girl with Down syndrome.... Full Bio
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Excellent Article by Anna D. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Another great article Will Babies With Down Syndrome Just Disappear by Dr. Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. I always appreciate his perspective ... Read on »
Great resource by Anna D. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome A friend of mine recommended this website as an excellent resource for parents of children with disabilities. Bloorview Kids Rehab is Canada's largest children's rehabilitati ... Read on »
Eye to Eye: Down Syndrome by Anna D. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Here is another insightful video, from CBS, of one woman's experience with prenatal testing... Read on »
Choosing Life by Anna D. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Three years ago my wife and I were challenged with the need to pursue adopting a baby with Down syndrome when we discovered, among other things, that the termination rate for ... Read on »
Dobson on Bristol Palin's Pregnancy by Anna D. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome The following quote is taken from Political Punch a blog written by ABC News Senior National Correspondent Jake Tapper. September 01, 2008 1:52 PM Dr. James C. Dobson of Focu ... Read on »
What difference can you make? by Anna D. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome This video has been put together by Renate Lindeman, former President of the Nova Scotia Down Syndrome Society, along with Andrea Roberts, Executive Director of Reece's Rainbo ... Read on »
In The News by Anna D. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Everywhere you turn these days American politics is in the news. With the upcoming presidential election just around the corner, it seems at times to be the only thing being ... Read on »
Down syndrome BElongs by Anna D. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Here is another beautiful video with a very powerful message. This was put together by the former president of the Nova Scotia Down syndrome society, Renate Lindeman. For yo ... Read on »
Excellent Video by Anna D. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Sorry for the lack of posts, we've been quite busy these days with our new daughter who had heart surgery a couple weeks ago. She is recovering well, though it looks like she ... Read on »
Our New Addition by Anna D. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome I am very excited to finally be able to write this post from the perspective of an adoptive mother of a child with Down syndrome. Yes, we are the proud new adoptive parents of ... Read on »
One Mother's Experience by Anna D. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Here is another great article written by another great woman I have come into cont act with through the Down syndrome society. This article was originally published in the G ... Read on »
Celebrating Life with Down syndrome by Anna D. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome This article is taken from the November 2006 issue of the Chronicle Herald. It is one of many great articles written by Renate Lindeman mother of two daughters with Down synd ... Read on »
Canada Needs to Speak Up by Anna D. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome This past week I came into contact with an amazing woman - what an encouragement she has been. Renate Lindeman is the president of the Nova Scotia Down Syndrome Society. Ren ... Read on »
The Adoption Option by Anna D. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome For most expectant parents the thought of placing their unborn baby for adoption is almost unthinkable. The thought of going through 9 months of ups and downs, bonding with t ... Read on »
Consider the Risk by Anna D. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Fetal Hand GraspPhoto by Michael Clancy This photo was taken during a spina bifida corrective procedure. Here is how the photographer Michael Clancy describes the experience: ... Read on »
Parenting a baby with Down syndrome by Anna D. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Finding out your baby has Down syndrome can come as a huge shock. During pregnancy we often spend time daydreaming about our baby...who will she most resemble, what will he be ... Read on »
To Test or Not to Test? by Anna D. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome If you are pregnant, you will be encouraged to undergo prenatal testing. Up until recently only women 35 and over were offered testing. Now, both the American College of Obste ... Read on »
Facing a Crisis Pregnancy? by Anna D. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome If you are facing a crisis pregnancy, whether it is due to an unplanned pregnancy or because you have received an adverse prenatal diagnosis, some important things you need to ... Read on »
A Helpful New Technology? by Anna D. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome In the news this past week: scientists in California have developed a new rapid prenatal test which gives a diagnosis of Down syndrome in only two hours as opposed to the two ... Read on »