Feb 29 2008
What A Woman
Now, this is interesting and actually is a nice story. A woman who is short in stature is capable of giving birth to children. That in itself is not unusual but the reality of her children is that they will always be bigger than she is. I hope she rules with an iron fist. Wait til your daddy comes home will have new meaning for this family.
Stacey Herald believes she is the smallest woman who ever gave birth to such a large baby. Stacey is only 28 1/2 inches tall herself. Stacey was born with osteogenesis imperfecta.
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI and sometimes known as Brittle Bone Disease) is a genetic bone disorder. People with OI are born without the proper protein (collagen), or the ability to make it, usually because of a deficiency of Type-I collagen.[1] People with OI either have less collagen than normal or the quality is poorer than normal. As collagen is an important protein in bone structure, this impairment causes those with the condition to have weak or fragile bones.[2]
As a genetic disorder, OI is an autosomal dominant defect. Most people with OI receive it from a parent but it can also be an individual (de novo or “sporadic”) mutation.
Stacey’s 16-month-old daughter, Katira, also suffers from the genetic disorder that causes bones to break easily, but her youngest daughter, Makaia, is expected to grow to average height.
2 Responses to “What A Woman”
I think it’s great that everyone survived and that the family is healthy. If it were me, I probably would have listened to the doctors as to save my children from inheriting the disease. Her oldest daughter has a long road ahead of her.
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I wish they would take that into consideration instead of having children with hard lives to endure. I’m not sure I would heed my own advice though if it came right down to it.