How 15-year-old became Britain’s youngest mother of a Down’s Syndrome child

[Gina]

A teenager who became the youngest mother in Britain to a Down’s Syndrome baby after falling pregnant aged 15 has spoken of her pride in proving her doubters wrong.

Despite being just a child herself, single teen mother Catherine Moore, now 19, refused to give her baby up after learning he had Down’s Syndrome, vowing to raise him herself despite concerns that she wouldn’t cope.

Recent figures show up to 90 per cent of Down's babies are aborted - a figure which Catherine finds distressing.  

 Now as her son starts pre-school aged three she wants to pay tribute to the little boy that, far from ruining her life, she says may even have saved it.

Catherine, from Maghera, Northern Ireland, said: ‘Everyone said I wouldn’t be able to cope and my life was over if I kept Tyler.

‘But they were wrong, having Tyler was the best thing that ever happened to me. He changed my life for the better and I am so grateful to have him.
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'I was going off the rails but he saved me. We are a team and I am so very proud of him.

‘When he came along I was just a child myself and suddenly I had a child of my own with special needs. But I never once thought of giving him up.

'He needed me and I needed him, it was as simple as that. I could never be without him and he is quite simply the most wonderful thing ever to happen to me, he really is.

‘I hate it when people say they are sorry he has Down’s because I am not. It’s who Tyler is and I would not change him for the world. I’m so glad I had a Down’s baby.'

He is beautiful




So amazing and she is a beautiful mom.  A true mom.  I love stories like this.  

[Kyle Ricky]

That is great.. I like to hear things like that also.

[vesta111]

That is great.. I like to hear things like that also.

Much credit must go to the mothers family and outside advisors that gave a 15 year old  girl the   support and gumption to make a life changing decision on her own.

Fact is any decision will be life changing, to abort or take a risk with a Downs Baby-------At 15 the decision is overwelming, she made her choice to throw her fate to the winds and handle what ever may come.  This is what sepeates the strong from the weak
at an early age, what seperates the woman that are of any age from the those that are weak and those that are strong.

She states that she was told by others that the baby would destroy her life.     At 15 she was willing to take the risk-----an I myself would have to hang my head in shame had I used this argument against her.     

The whole argument that a birth baby will change the life of the mother is very true, but so will a car accident.     Were this my daughter I would be so proud of her my buttons would pop off.

Every decision one makes in life can be life altering at any time 24/7 , I for one often what if I had decided to do something different at any time in my life,   Where on earth would I be, dead or alive ??????