Vicki and Chris were married as planned in 2010. More from CafeMom: New Dad Captures His Baby’s Rare ‘Bubble’ Birth & the Photos Are Mesmerizing With that devastating news, the United Kingdom’s Department of Health got involved, because there was a 25 percent chance that their embryos would have CF if implanted. After six months deliberating this moral dilemma, the parents were allowed to move forward with IVF. More from CafeMom: Mom of 3 — Including Twins — Welcomes Rainbow Baby Sextuplets According to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the progressive and genetic condition causes persistent lung infections that limits the ability to breathe over time. The “defective” gene causes a buildup of thick mucus in the organs that can eventually lead to respiratory failure. Vicki and Chris had already agreed that they would terminate the pregnancy if a test at 13 weeks showed their unborn baby had CF. “We made a very personal but informed decision; it wasn’t the quest for a perfect baby, we were desperate to become parents,” she tells CafeMom. “If we hadn’t known and had a baby who had CF, we would have loved them unconditionally and managed their illness the best we could.” The problem that they struggled with after finding out that the baby did in fact have CF was knowingly bringing a sick child into the world. “If we had found out the baby had a limb abnormality or something that wasn’t life limiting, then we would have continued with the pregnancy,” she says. Weeks later, they found out that they were expecting a healthy baby boy who not only didn’t have CF but also wasn’t even a carrier.
