Having your first child can be a daunting prospect for any parent. But before her son was even born Natasha Browning knew he would lead a different life from most children. When the Cardiff mum was 22 weeks pregnant with her son, Zachary, now five months old, doctors confirmed that he had a rare heart condition called tetralogy of Fallot (TOF).
“I had never, ever, heard of it. I literally went home and googled it with my partner for probably about half an hour during the day each time I thought about it,” Natasha, 26, said. “I had heard of holes in the heart and other conditions but never tetralogy of Fallot. It’s quite a complex condition.”
Tetralogy of Fallot is a rare combination of several defects. These include:
