Ruzan Badalyan’s choice to give up her son Leo, who was born with Down Syndrome, has come under rash judgment after her husband shared the family’s story with ABC News.
She posted her heart-wrenching reasoning on her Facebook page, which is reminiscent of Sophie’s Choice.
She says:
I had to make the most ruthless decision in my life within several hours.
She continues:
Thus, I spent the hours after Leo’s birth trying to collect my will and decide on the best destiny for the kid. Everyone in our family realised that the baby’s interests should be placed first and only his move to another country could remedy the situation, something that Sam himself also accepted.
She concluded her post saying:
As a mother who has faced this severe situation, being in the hospital under stress and depression, experiencing enormous pressure from every side, not finding any support from my husband’s part on any possibilities of giving a child decent life in Armenia, I faced two options: to take care of the child on my own in Armenia, or to abandon my maternal instincts and extend the baby an opportunity to enjoy a decent life with his father in New Zealand. I went for the second option.
The newborn’s father has raised over $450,000 via GoFundMe to not only assist with his expenses to move back to his home country of New Zealand and raise his son, but also to fund programs for special needs children in Armenia.
You can read Badalyan’s entire message below.
Pfft…..excuses excuses. It’s not “her son”, it’s “the kid”. She has no love for this kid and tries to make this all about her. Very selfish post if you ask me. Good riddance….what a crappy mother she would have been. Sorry for you, lady…you’re missing out on an amazing, special child. Her loss, Sam’s gain.
Good luck to them both. I hope karma comes raining down on that evil wench.
What a crappy, judgmental person you are.
Uh…why not move to New Zealand with her husband if she “loves her son so much” and it’s such a great place to raise him? She threatened to divorce him if he didn’t give the baby up and she did. As a mother, I’m not buying it.
Uh, you can’t just move to another country at will. Even with a child and husband who are from that country there is no guarantee that you will be allowed to stay there.
I take it you don’t live in Armenia or New Zealand so unless you are familiar with their immigration laws as well as all the details of this situation, then maybe she knows something you don’t.
she got scared and doubted her ability to love her son correctly. im not buying this other stuff she is pushing to the public.
I don’t see why she has to explain herself. It is her life and she had a choice to make and she made a choice that will actually benefit the baby. If she secretly done it because she hates babies or something stupid like that - all the better she gave him up, but I don’t think that is the case. People need to leave her alone. Women who have abortions don’t get this much flack.
yeah, they do. Especially when there is someone publicizing her dilemma in the worst possible light. I wonder what sent him jumping the shark like that?
Perhaps this was all just a fund raising ploy.
I’m always fascinated by people who come down on other people as though they actually know these people and know everything there is to know. I had no idea the woman was living in Armenia so maybe this shit is a hell of a lot more complicated than if it had happened in the States.