👶🏻When God is gracious enough to bless you with an extra copy or extra material of chromosome number 21 it results in the most common form Trisomy 21 or a rare form called Translocation / Mosaic Downs Syndrome. .
👶🏻World Down Syndrome Day is on the 21st of March.
To know if it’s there:
👶🏻Prenatal screening - A blood test and an ultrasound test is done in the first trimester to check for ‘markers’ such as certain proteins in the mother’s blood that suggests an increased likelihood of the syndrome. .
👶🏻After Birth - This is often based on the physical symptoms. And if sometimes the symptoms are not evident a blood sample is analysed to determine the number of the baby’s chromosome. .
👶🏻Some rare and beautiful features : - A gap between first two toes.
- Similan crease - single transverse palmers crease. - Epicanthic fold - fold of the upper eyelid covering the inner corner of the eye. - Upward slanting eyes. - Flat nasal bridge.
- Protruding tongue.
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👶🏻 Babli Ramachandran :
Babli is a girl with Down Syndrome born in 1981. She underwent four major eye surgeries. She found her forte in dance. She uses her facial expression to depict pain, joy, anger or love in Bharatnatyam. Babli is encouraged by know and famous dancers. .
👶🏻 Down Syndrome Federation of India:
Babli’s mother Dr. Rekha Ramachandran is a co-founder of Down Syndrome Federation of India. The federation’s vision is to facilitate a nurturing and supporting environment both in house and in society for individuals having Down Syndrome. .
👶🏻 Acceptance and encouragement is the key . They are brave enough to have something extra and deal with it. I wish the very best to all the other lovelies around battling and surviving it. They say real friends don’t count chromosomes.
Chromosome looks like socks I and Ina wore different socks on 21st to celebrate.
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