'I thought, why us?': Pippa's Down syndrome diagnosis was like a 'big rollercoaster'

Pippa is two-and-a-half years old. Today is World Down Syndrome day.

When Lisa Shelly gave birth to her daughter Pippa two-and-a-half years ago, she knew very little about Down syndrome.

“It was an afterbirth diagnosis,” she said. “It was a big rollercoaster. She was eight weeks early as well. It was an emergency C section and she was in the ICU for five weeks. It was very, very tough.