The Stories Behind TFMR: Episode 8 with Jaclynn Brown

Jaclynn Brown is a 36 years old woman from Manitoba, Canada where she and her partner run a busy Autobody Shop. She found out she was a carrier and patient with X-Linked lymphoproliferative syndrome (XLP) following her brother's diagnosis in 2019. Attempting the IVF route proved to be overwhelming and costly after much testing and finding out she has only one ovary. From there, Jaclynn and her partner decided the natural conception route would be their first step. Finding out she was pregnant and that her child was a boy affected with XLP, was devastating and they made the heart-wrenching decision to terminate their first pregnancy in November of 2020 at 16 weeks. A second attempt at growing their family yielded the same results, another male affected with XLP, and another termination at 16 weeks pregnancy in March of 2022. These horrible odds are not to be taken lightly, with an X-linked condition. Jaclynn and her family made these difficult decisions out of love because they didn't want to put a child through future pain and suffering with this condition. This is her story. As a disclaimer, this podcast series features sensitive topics. Understand that the opinions and topics do not express or represent the organizations personal feelings on any matter but are here to solely share the guest speaker's journey and life's experiences. These opinions and stories are theirs and theirs alone.