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Time stood still while I sat hunched over on the toilet seat, holding the positive pregnancy test.

I'd always wanted to become a mother but because I have spastic cerebral palsy, it never felt realistic. And though I'd been raised to never say "I can't" without giving it my all, finding out that I was pregnant was one of the only times where I doubted my ability to overcome and adapt.

It wasn't that I was unsure if I would be a good mom. Instead, it was the uncertainty. Was my body capable of growing a baby and giving birth? What about the years ahead of raising a child?

Fedorus, right, with her mom Pam at her graduation in 2022 from Hunting Hills High School in Red Deer, Alta. (Submitted by Kiaira Fedorus)

When I told my mother, I was looking for some sort of comfort an

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