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31st Aug 2017

This pregnant mum posed with Finding Nemo for a very important reason

The post has been shared over 60,000 times.

Keeley Ryan

Nemo Bump

“She’s our Nemo.”

One woman has gone viral after she shared a snap of her blossoming baby bump with Disney’s Nemo – and the reason why will bring a tear to your eye.

Tayler Borre took to Facebook to explain the reason for including the figurine of the little clown fish in the pregnancy photo.
She began:
“To most people they will see this and think oh a cute pregnancy picture with their favourite Disney character Nemo!
“But to my family this means so much more than just a picture.”

She told how she went for an anatomy scan in July, and that it “was so great to see her, we saw her little face, her feet, all of her organs were perfect!”
But when the couple met with the doctor afterwards, he advised them to see a fetal specialist.
Tayler continued:

“My heart dropped, I was so scared.

“I asked what was wrong he didn’t go into detail well, all he said was her upper half wasn’t measuring correctly.

“So they sent me to all children’s hospital to have a better scan.

“My all childrens scan was 2 weeks after my regular OB appointment, I was so worried for those weeks.

“If I didn’t feel her all day I would have anxiety attacks, I had many breakdowns over not knowing what was wrong.”

A more thorough scan was conducted at the appointment and doctors diagnosed Tayler’s baby girl with amniotic band syndrome.

Amniotic band syndrome is a condition where the foetus gets tangled in fibrous string-like amniotic bands in the womb – restricting blood flow and affecting the baby’s development.

The mum continued:

“On that day we found out our sweet girl has no left hand, it was so hard to hear that just thinking about how mean people can be towards people who are ‘different’ and of course not wanting anything to be wrong with your child.

“But I was also at peace with the news because everything else she measured perfect and she’s nice and strong!

“She is our Nemo.

“She has a fin thats a little smaller than the other, but she will conquer anything her little heart desires to do!”

Featured image Tayler Borre/Facebook.