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3 months ago, I gave birth to a special little boy called Noah Sebastian. Noah is not like other little boys. Noah is unique. In my womb, he was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect. They said he might have chromosomal abnormalities. I was offered an amniocentesis, but declined, knowing I would never terminte in any case. Noah was born after 7 hours in labour, induced at Guys Hospital in London, on August 24th 2001. After a quick cuddle, he was whisked away. Shortly after, I was told he had hand contractures and rocker bottom feet, and his willie had a funny shape. But hey, he was breathing and that was all I cared about. After 2 days in NICU, he was ...

I have a three year old daughter who was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy at 22 months. I had known that there was something wrong with Keisha the day she was born, but no-one would listen to me. She would twitch intermittently from birth. That was the only sign of something wrong until she came off breast milk onto formula when I went back to work when she was 6 months. The change was instant. She was suffering from chronic constipation. It was absolutely heartbreaking. The first time it happen, I didn't know what was going on. When I told my health visitor she told me I must have reduced her fluid intake despite the fact that I was almost screaming at her ...