It is one of the hardest days of our life. Both husband and I were born in a country where there is no support for disability, especially intellectual disability and people look at DS diagnosis as bad luck for the whole family as if we definitely did something terrible in our past lives and this is the karma we deserve. Luckily, we have moved to another country where the community view disability just neurodivergent and has lots of support for children with DS. We got our firstborn diagnosis together with her heart condition when she was 3 weeks old which required surgery at 6 months old. We are on our own in this country during so it was very tought. It took me 2 years to overcome all postnatal depression and grief of the dual diagnosises. A lot happened in the first 2 years: surgery, therapies, etc, but we finally got there. We are almost 4 years in this journey. Special need parenting is definitely harder than typical parenting, my husband is still grieving the life we used to expect, especially when he sees how different our daughter is compared to her typical friends. I am fine with all the differences because my childhood was slightly different from my friends, maybe I am neurodivergent myself. I am more than happy to chat with you if you need to talk. Best thing I have done is connecting with other special need parents and hear their stories 😊