Born to be different: Turning Eight

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Anyone watching it tonight? It's on at 9 on channel 4.

Ooh, good woman. Forgot that was on, have now set Sky+ to record. Always get really choked up when watching it though.

yes, have followed it since the start, when was pg with dd1

I've followed it as well. It's on!

I am already nearly crying.
The thought of them having so many operations and having so much medication.

yep watching it now

can't - have enough SN at home

crying now poor shelby

Poor little thing

aww shelby

it is SO refreshing to see people living with children with disabilities. and to see people and know, that life is worth living, however short it is. to see the smiles, the joy, that yes, life goes on and, yeah, it's actually got the same swings and roundabout as any other life.

I have it at home, too. But I like seeing how others deal.

does shelby's mum look preggy again?

She might be pregnant. Maybe she's just tired and a little puffy from the stress.

I really like this show. This is how it is.

And it's not all bad.

Footage of children all playing together was lovely

My son has special needs, he is profundly deaf, and has learning difficulties. When he was eighteen months old i was told he wouldnt walk or talk. He is doing now both, I realise how lucky I am to have him when I watch how the children(especially Shelbie) struggle, a friend of mine used to be Hamish's GP before he went to NZ. She is running the Great North Run in aid of Acondroplasia.

i think its so good they do this, shows these lovely children in a positive light, think they are all fabby

wasnt being funny about shelbys mum, def looked like a baby bump to me, but then again same could be said for me after too much wheat!

i am SURE that was a baby bump on shelbyys mum

inspirational show
grounding too

I cried so much when the girl with spina bifida had he holy communion thing - could so feel what an enormous sense of pride her family must feel.

Seeing Hamish, the boy with dwarfism, gives me mixed feelings (ds has dwarfism) - great to see him so active and doing so well, but didn't like the playground scenes and not looking forward to all that.

he wasn't happy, em. bet you london to a brick they don't move.

Next week they are talking about the issue of limb-lengthening surgery again, which is also somethign I like to bury my head in the sand about

i'm sure they'd like to as well, em. they had hoped hamish could help decide, too.

it's a hard one.

Emkana of course i thought of you and your lovely ds during that scene

I wished Hamish had a big sister of two to put those kids right

this made me cry last night ,lovely kids
i dont feel hamish should have any sort of leg lengthening op though,if he was my child it wouldnt enter my head to go for all that pain for a few inches -its not worth it

Yes, the scene in the playground with Hamish was hard to watch.