Married couples around the world share the journey of having children together. It is something that they decide from the start but sometimes, the question as to why may come up.

One person who has been asked why they plan to have children is Charli Worgan. She and her husband, Cullen live in Sydney and they both suffer from a form of dwarfism, although the type of dwarfism is different. They often are scrutinized because of their decision to have children.

When Charli gave birth to her first child, she decided it was time to launch an account on social media to help people understand what goes on in their family life. They now have two daughters, and 300,000 followers on that social media platform.

Something that was also revealed on social media was that Charli was pregnant with her third child and was 14 weeks along. Some people were happy for her but others still had

the same questions.
Each time that she got pregnant, she had to go through genetic testing to make sure everything was okay. Because they both have genetic problems, they wanted to make

sure that the offspring was not inheriting the form of dwarfism or would inherit both types of dwarfism. According to specialists, that would be very bad.

The mother said: “However when most at 12 weeks are celebrating the joy of being able to announce pregnancy, I was lining up for Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS – similar to an Amniocentesis) – that’s a massive needle through my abdomen to take a sample of placenta that carries a 2% rate of miscarriage, in order to test the genetic makeup of my baby.”