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I want to thank everyone who has had us in their thoughts and prayers, I know that I could not go through this without the support of my loving husband, family and friends. After receiving the news, Jon and I went to the hospital to meet with my doctor and a genetic councilor. The genetic councilor discussed Trisomy 13 with us in greater detail and gave us a general idea of what to expect. Unfortunately because the baby is a boy he has a little less of a chance for survival, girls usually tend to be a little stronger in the uterus. We were told that the best chance to be able to meet our baby alive would be to induce labor around 20 weeks, but of course the baby would pass away soon after. If we choose to take the pregnancy to term he will most likely be stillborn, but there is a little chance that he might be able to live for a few hours or days if we are lucky enough. We have not made any decisions yet, all we know is that we want to do whatever it takes to be able to meet our son. We were told that if we plan to try for more children in the future, which we want to, there is a slight risk for something like this happening again. Normally they would put me at zero risk, but because I am so young and this is happening they are a little baffled. This day has been absolutely heart wrenching, but Dylan has been my one little ray of sunshine throughout the day, and all of this makes me realize how special she really is.