How Does it Happen

Hi, Sean here,

This post is for those of you that don't know how a child can be born with Down Syndrome or how it can be developed in the womb.

In the simplest way, a child with Down Syndrome was born with an extra Chromosome. Chromosomes are what determines how the baby's body will form and function during pregnancy. A typical baby is born with 46 chromosomes, however a child with D.S is born with an extra copy of one of these chromosomes, the chromosome that is copied is known as chromosome 21. A medical term for having an extra chromosome is called "trisomy," this is why D.S children can be called "Trisomy 21."

It is because of this extra chromosome that the child may have physical and mental difficulties.

Hope this post was of assistance,
                   Sean.