I was diagnosed with Down’s syndrome at 23 — doctors couldn’t believe it

The mum-of-four is regularly told she ‘doesn’t look like she has Down’s syndrome’ (Picture: Ashley Zambelli)

After her third child was diagnosed with Down’s syndrome, Ashley Zambelli says ‘alarm bells’ started ringing.

She’d assumed it was a coincidence that her first two pregnancies had tested positive for the condition, but after the birth of her daughter, medics weren’t so sure.

Ashley, then 23, had been in and out of doctors’ surgeries since she was a child — her long list of ailments included an abnormally high heart rate, dislocating joints, and difficulties at school.

‘I found school ...