>> Good morning.
I'd like to welcome you to the 22nd annual
Fetal Family Reunion.
Today there are over 400 families, 26 states
from ages in utero to over 21.
The first reunion, in 1997, we held on mother's
day.
>> And if you look at the photograph of course,
there are a few things that you would notice.
In the back row are all the healthcare providers
and there are many more of the healthcare
providers than there are in the front row
of patients, families, mothers and children.
And so now I think the math is flipped completely.
We’ve now had over 22,000 referrals of mothers
carrying babies with birth defects.
They’ve come from all 50 states and from
more than 70 countries outside the U.S.
We're the largest fetal diagnosis and treatment
program in the world.
>> I was a diaphragmatic hernia patient.
I was born with my stomach up in my chest
and I've been coming here 18 years.
>> So activities range from games and — indoors/outdoors — rides.
>> There's a great carousel here that she
wants to be on and there's a bounce house
and face painting and there's a family picture.
Um, we're also going to go look of the collage
at the other fetal families.
>> We like to dream, and we like to dream
big for the outcomes for these families.
>> My dream is to be an electrical engineer.
Chase your dream, don't let nobody back you
down never give up on your dream.
>> Being here is just a great experience.
I've grown up in this hospital, just coming
here, every couple months, just being with
the doctors and everybody is just an awesome
feeling.
>> I love like sharing our experiences with
the little ones and to like show that, the
parents that like they have hope for their
kids.
>> Looking back on younger kids now, it’s
kind of nice to kind of give them hope cause
they see the older kids.
So it's nostalgic and it's also nice to be
like a role model in a way.
>> Everybody's nice, everybody's kind, there's
nothing to worry about when you come here.
It's just all positivity.
