Trisha Taylor has never let her disability hold her back or allowed it to stop her following her dreams including her wish to become a mum. The 31-year-old was born with 150 fractured bones and was diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a condition caused by a genetic mutation that affects the production of collagen and means bones are brittle and easily breakable. She is now 2ft 10in and has been in a wheelchair for most of her life - but she's just fulfilled her dream of having a baby with her husband Michael, who is 6ft 1in.
But getting pregnant was a huge risk for Trisha, from Boise, Idaho, USA, and doctors warned her the baby could "crush her from the inside out". From a young age, she has refused to be held back, working tirelessly to build her strength so that she could move her wheelchair and get out of bed independently. In time, she met and married her truck driver husband Michael, 31, but as her bones are so fragile that a simple cough or sneeze can fracture them, she was warned against having a child. But incredibly, after two heartbreaking miscarriages, she managed to carry her son Maven to 32 weeks - before he was delivered via a caesarean section and is now a healthy, thriving four-year-old, who does not have OI.
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Adding that she has recently launched her blog called ‘And She Did' to inspire others, full-time mum Trisha said: "When I told my doctor I'd come off birth control, he sat me down and warned me against falling pregnant. I remember the word 'could' was thrown around a lot - "'You could die, the baby could die...' But I don't have time for 'could' and after a lot of hard work, I welcomed my perfect baby boy.
“To this day people still can't believe I gave birth to him. They ask if Maven's my baby and I always tell them - very proudly -'Yes, he grew in my belly.'"
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Explaining how other people react to their relationship, she continued: "No one has ever intentionally been rude about us, but people, be it strangers or friends will ask personal questions about us. They're mainly interested in our sex life and how it works. Just because I'm disabled it doesn't mean I have to answer that question, it's rude.
"People will do a double-take, but I'm not afraid to call them out and engage in a conversation with them. I'm all about educating people and raising awareness. Either you're on my team or I don't care what you think."
