‘This is not easy at all, but it’s worth it’ | Knoxville baby born with Trisomy 18 defies odds, inspires mother to support other parents

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Trisomy 18 is a genetic disorder that can cause many symptoms such as problems feeding, heart defects and slow growth.

At around 12 weeks pregnant, Chelsey Riley learned her baby was going to be a girl. But she also found out her daughter had a 29 percent chance of having Trisomy 18.

“I had no idea what that even was. Everything that Google told us was incompatible with life and fatal,” Riley said…

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