Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent Welcome Daughter Poppy. Let the designing begin: Nate Berkusâs baby girl is here. The American Dream Builders star welcomed his first child, a daughter, with husband Jeremiah Brent on Monday, Berkus announced Wednesday on Facebook. âJeremiah and I are thrilled to announce the arrival of our daughter, Poppy Brent-Berkus, born via surrogate on March 23, 2015,â he writes.
Thalidomide was found to harm the development of unborn babies and cause serious birth defects, especially if taken in the first four to eight weeks of pregnancy. The drug led to the arms or legs of the babies being very short or incompletely formed. Other side effects also included deformed eyes, ears and hearts.
But a baby with Tay-Sachs disease is born without one of those important enzymes, hexosaminidase A (HEXA). So, as those fatty proteins build up in the brain, they hurt the baby's sight, hearing, movement, and mental development. A child can only get Tay-Sachs by inheriting the gene for it from both parents. Tay-Sachs can be detected before birth, so couples who are thinking of having children may want to get a blood test to find out whether their child would be likely to have it. Who Is at Risk for Tay-Sachs? Each year, about 16 cases of Tay-Sachs are diagnosed in the United States.