Hey guys you're listening to m Knows Podcast with your host

Nina Kavagiola aka Balconina.

Join in weekly as she walks alongside you to navigate topics around motherhood, mental health, self-love, and relationships.

The good, bad, and funny.

When I was pregnant with mella in 2020 there was a good two-week period of my life

that I felt like my world was crushing down on me. I was about 14 weeks pregnant and I was told that

Mila had a one in a hundred chance of having Triss Me 13 or 21 and that was it for me. I was I was devastated. I didn't know who to turn to. I didn't know what to feel, what to think. And it was the longest two weeks of my life.

And the story ends very typical.

Mila is almost two years old and she is just a happy typical little girl.

However, there are many cases where the mama finds out that her child has a

trissomely abnormality or a special need, not necessarily in pregnancy but maybe later on a special need right

Today we are talking to Abby Green. She's one of the hosts from herself podcast and a very dear friend to me who literally she's so wise I think

she's maybe two years old in me but I feel like she's just this old soul with

all the wisdom and I'm so honored to have her on today. Abby and I are talking about her life in the moment that she found out that she was carrying a baby with Down syndrome.

I cried a lot and I guarantee you'll cry too.

This is a very emotional episode.

Not only does Abby share her very personal journey with us, she also teaches us a lot in this interview.

She teaches us about how to teach our children to learn and talk about kids and humans with special needs.

Let's jump in.

Hi Abby, thank you so much for being here today. I've been so excited to talk to you. I've been meaning to talk to you for what over a year now on my podcast and before we dive into this very very emotional topic for you and

also me in some ways because we know I've been in that like genetic testing area of pregnancy. I want you to tell my

listeners a little bit about yourself and who you are what you do. Yeah so I'm

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