Newborn contact

So i have this volunteer job called newborn contact, for the udsf. I love it. It has been very theraputic for me to go out and meet new moms of kids with DS. This is my dream job (besides learning ASL well enough to interpret). I actually was offered this job about 2 months before getting called to be the YW president almost 2 years ago, and had a really hard time trying to decide if i could do both, i am so glad i did. It's kind of funny, because most of the time, it's not too busy. But when you have one baby born with DS, you have 10. They really do come in spurts. We have had 48 just in the last 20 months, and those are just the ones i know about. A lot of the time, you don't find them until the parents come looking you us and their baby is 6 months old.

The reason i bring this up.... I just sent out 5 new packets a few days ago and need to plan a trip to the east side to go visit another new mom. So, it was on my brain. did you know i can count 7 just in the little town i am in, that i know of, that are under 5? I know of at least that many more that are over 5. It's amazing to me that i never noticed kids with DS until 4 of 5 was born. I didn't realize it happened so often. Did you know that CA has the lowest rate of DS births in America? Did you know they have the highest rate of prenatal testing? One has everything to do with the other. Some actually say it's not fair to bring a disabled child into this world. I know that we choose our path before we come. I know this because that was the answer i got when i asked "why me?".......Selfish me.

Anyway, sorry to go off on an tangent.