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At ECHO, we know that discovering your child has a potentially life threatening heart condition is one of the hardest things any parent can hear. Many families find it difficult to cope and welcome additional support, which is why ECHO exis...
I was born in the tail end of the seventies and the youngest of three children. Iโve been told that it was when I was five days old (and just about to go home) that one of the doctors noticed a murmurโฆ It seems strange to me now that it...
Annabelleโs story begins on the day of her 20-week antenatal Ultrasound Scan; all previous news from her 12-week scan had been good. The Sonographer was telling my husband James and I that each organ looked healthy when she paused, and sa...
Pregnancy should be an exciting time for parents looking forward to their new arrival. My pregnancy started off really well, no morning sickness or any complications until we got to our 21 week anomaly scan. The sonographer explained that t...
No one said being a parent was going to be easy, but I didnโt expect, and wasnโt prepared to hear that the child I had so long wanted would have a heart defect, Pulmonary Valve Stenosis (PVS). Even now after 3 years I can still remember...
Our people are committed to the ECHO community. Everything we do is focused on ensuring that heart children and their families get the best possible support. Our patrons include highly respected cardiologists, experts in their field at a gl...
It was quite a shock when Thea Louise Barry eventually entered our world late on a Saturday night in February 2001. But not for the usual reasons. I had an easy pregnancy, labour and birth. I vaguely remember holding her for a split second ...