Most couples are asked when they’ll have kids. For Charli Worgan and her husband Cullen, the question was why. Both living with different forms of dwarfism, the Sydney-based couple often faced public scrutiny — especially when Charli became pregnant. After their first daughter was born, Charli started a social media account to share their family life. To her surprise, it grew to over 300,000 followers.
Now parents to three children, Charli and Cullen’s pregnancies have never been simple. Each child had a 25% chance of inheriting both forms of dwarfism — a fatal condition. That meant undergoing invasive genetic testing, including Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS), which carries a miscarriage risk. Charli explained the emotional toll of waiting for results: