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Mom Mourns News Her Baby Has Down Syndrome. Then Daughter's Birth Changes Their Family Plans (Exclusive)


Kirstin and Tomas Czernek document their family — including their four kids, two of them with Down syndrome — on TikTok and Instagram.

The gym-owner-turned-influencer, who uses TikTok and Instagram to share the story of her growing family and her journey to adopt a child with Down syndrome, initially planned on having three kids with her husband, Tomas. Luca was born limp and barely breathing, with a hole in his heart and pulmonary hypertension and transferred from a small hospital in Alabama to a larger facility, where he was put on life support for 10 days. Her videos on TikTok and Instagram — which help document the experiences of foster care and raising children with Down syndrome — have racked up millions of views, and thousands of comments and messages.

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