Natalie: Rett syndrome and facial differences

"They finally lay her on my chest and she blinked and was staring right into my eyes and I was still in shock because I hadn’t seen another human being who looked like her. I just remember thinking “This is my baby I need to comfort her.” I reached out and then they took her away. I didn’t see her until later that night and honestly I was scared and I was avoiding it. I was afraid of this new life that I didn’t know anything about and it meant facing it the moment I went to see her in the NICU. There was a point where the nurse was baby talking to her before she handed her to me and I just broke down crying because in that moment the shock faded and I realized this is my baby. I held her and I cried and the nurse held me and from that moment on I said “I don’t care about anything else other than protecting her and doing whatever it takes to keep her happy and safe and loved.”