An Unexpected Journey to Adopting a Child With Special Needs with Ellie Sanazaro
Gotcha Mama
English - March 09, 2021 15:00 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsParenting Kids & Family mother mom motherhood parenting Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
When Ellie and her husband received unexpected prenatal test results, it changed everything for their family.
Doctors told the Sanazaros that their baby girl would be born with a genetic condition - the test detected an extra chromosome.
With no history of genetic conditions, Ellie and her husband were shocked. But prayerfully went through the whole pregnancy preparing their hearts and home to receive a child with special needs.
When Rosalie was born, follow-up testing revealed that there was nothing atypical. The test that claimed to be 99% accurate had been WRONG.
But that happy birth was just the beginning of Ellie's story.
She and her husband continued to feel like God had been preparing them to be parents to a child with special needs.
And that's the path that led Ellie and her husband Scott to Down Syndrome adoption.
A little over one year ago, Finn joined her family with the help of the National Down Syndrome Adoption Network.
Ellie shares her amazing journey to adopt Finn and all about her passion for raising inclusive children that led to writing the Image Bearer children's book.
We talk about:
Her pregnancy story with her first child where she received incorrect and shocking prenatal test results and what that was like for her and her husband Why she and her husband decided to adopt a baby with Down Syndrome and the process they went through How she, her husband, and their two girls prepared to welcome a child with disabilities into their family Why she felt called to write Image Bearer children’s book How parents can help their children celebrate other children who are made “wonderfully different” and be more inclusive
Connect with Ellie:
https://www.instagram.com/imagebearerbook
https://www.instagram.com/mr.finncredible
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