Esther Dillard

Elle Cole says she and her husband were excited. Doctors told the couple they were going to have twins. But something happened that she didn’t expect weeks into the pregnancy. The doctor called them both in to discuss an issue. “I felt like both my husband, and I had been blindsided,” Cole said. “She told us we were both carriers of the sickle cell trait. Now prior to that neither of us had heard of the sickle cell trait or knew that we were carriers.

Elle Cole says she and her husband were excited. Doctors told the couple they were going to have twins. But something happened that she didn’t expect weeks into the pregnancy. The doctor called them both in to discuss an issue. “I felt like both my husband, and I had been blindsided,” Cole said. “She told us we were both carriers of the sickle cell trait. Now prior to that neither of us had heard of the sickle cell trait or knew that we were carriers.

Elle Cole says she and her husband were excited. Doctors told the couple they were going to have twins. But something happened that she didn’t expect weeks into the pregnancy. The doctor called them both in to discuss an issue. “I felt like both my husband, and I had been blindsided,” Cole said. “She told us we were both carriers of the sickle cell trait. Now prior to that neither of us had heard of the sickle cell trait or knew that we were carriers.