{"id":1009260,"date":"2024-01-30T03:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T02:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/?p=1009260"},"modified":"2024-01-30T07:22:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T07:22:43","slug":"mother-speaks-on-what-national-birth-defects-awareness-month-means-for-her-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/family-relationships\/mother-speaks-on-what-national-birth-defects-awareness-month-means-for-her-family","title":{"rendered":"Mother speaks on what National Birth Defects Awareness Month means for her family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA (CBS) &#8212; As January comes to a close, doctors say it&#8217;s important to recognize&#160;National Birth Defects Awareness Month.The March of Dimes says birth defects are the leading cause of infant death in the U.S. Those who survive often face challenges but many lead long and happy lives.Amy DeSantis is the mother of 14-year-old twins. Her son, Quintino, was born with Down syndrome and a heart defect that was not detected during her pregnancy.&#8221;You&#8217;re shocked,&#8221; she said. &#8220;The rollercoaster of emotions, everything from fear, grief, isolation, and then you kind of take a deep breath. You find an inner voice&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA (CBS) &#8212; As January comes to a close, doctors say it&#8217;s important to recognize&#160;National Birth Defects Awareness Month.The March of Dimes says birth defects are the leading cause of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1009260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-relationships"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1009260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1009260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1009260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1009260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}