{"id":149,"date":"2025-08-30T13:12:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T13:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fasstnews.com\/?p=149"},"modified":"2025-08-30T13:12:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T13:12:48","slug":"couple-with-dwarfism-have-children-against-all-the-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fasstnews.com\/?p=149","title":{"rendered":"Couple with dwarfism have children against all the odds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most married couples can relate to being asked when they are going to have children but for Charli Worgan and her husband Cullen, they were often asked \u2018why\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Sydney-based mom and dad each have a different form of\u00a0dwarfism and are often exposed to public scrutiny \u2013 especially when Charli became pregnant with their first child.<\/p>\n

After giving birth to their first daughter the overjoyed Aussie mom decided to start a social media account so she could educate people on their family life \u2013 little did she know how popular her account would become.<\/p>\n

Now the couple have two beautiful daughters and Charli\u2019s\u00a0Instagram account<\/a>\u00a0has over 300,000 followers.<\/p>\n

Recently Charli announced that she was 14 weeks pregnant with her third baby but her announcement was bittersweet.<\/p>\n

With each pregnancy Charli has had to endure painful genetic testing. Charli and Cullen\u2019s genetic conditions mean their children could inherit one type of dwarfism (either their mom\u2019s or their dad\u2019s), or they could be of\u00a0average height, or they could inherit both types of dwarfism, which doctors say would be fatal.<\/p>\n

Charli revealed the heartache of not being able to enjoy the 12 week point in her pregnancy like most other moms.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever when most at 12 weeks are celebrating the joy of being able to announce pregnancy, I was lining up for Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS \u2013 similar to an Amniocentesis) \u2013 that\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their daughters two-year-old Tully and four-year-old Tilba have one of the two types of dwarfism, so when Charli fell pregnant with her third baby they waited to find out which of the four possibilities their baby had.<\/p>\n

Charli explained in her\u00a0Instagram post:<\/a><\/p>\n

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