Years ago, doctors warned Stacey, who is just 2ft 4ins, it would be too dangerous for her to ever have children.
Determined to have a family, the 35-year-old defied docs and has gone to give birth to three babies in the last three years.
Stacey, who has 34 stitches across her stomach, said: ‘He’s the most beautiful perfect boy I’ve ever seen.
‘All I want to do is stay by his side.’ She had been expected to give birth just before Christmas, but doctors decided it was not safe to let the pregnancy go any longer.
The mum of three from Kentucky, USA, has a rare genetic disorder called Osteogenesis Imperfecta, which causes brittle bones, underdeveloped lungs and stunted growth.
She uses a wheelchair but manages to care for daughters Kateri, three, and Makya, 18 months, with the help of husband Wil, 27, a trainee priest.
Stacey was told having children would risk her life because the pressure of the pregnancy would put too much pressure on her body and squash her internal organs.
But after marrying Wil, who is 5ft 9ins, in 2005, Stacey bravely decided to go ahead with her plans for a family.
Now the couple has three children and have not ruled out the possibility of more.
For now, Baby Malachi is being cared for at a hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, and will have to stay in an incubator for several months.
We wish the Herald’s well and hope that baby Malachi comes home soon!
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This has to be said despite the politics. A picture of a happy mother and baby defies anyone to dare say it right?
Why? Now the genetics for weak lungs and bones is being passed on and the number of descendants with this will increase exponentially with each generation. The world is overpopulated and now you have three kids and want more? What are you doing?
Well, Kerry, I guess you’re right. Let’s just not allow anyone with any form of genetic default to have children. Got perfectly straight teeth, Kerry? 20/20 vision? 80th percentile IQ? Skin disease, diabetes, heart disease, alcoholism, schizophrenia, cancer, run in your family? Are you intolerant of other people? Unusually bitter or closed minded? Guess you shouldn’t have kids. Guess nobody should have kids.
I do see your point, Darwin etc., but humanity has to be compassionate as well as evolutionary. There’s more to life than strong genes.
beautiful baby beautiful mommy she looks soo happy with her lil man