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And that's what I held onto. When asked by Walters if her "right to life" stance on abortion dictated her choice, Palin said her decision was not "politically motivated.

It was a holding onto a seed of And that certainly has come to fruition in my life," she said. Although she "chose life," Palin said she and husband Todd struggled with how to tell the other children -- especially the two youngest, Piper and Willow, who both joined their mother for portions of the Barbara Walters interview. But we didn't really care. He's still our brother. When asked why she didn't tell the children earlier, Palin told Walters that she was not emotionally prepared to share the news with her family yet.

Instead, she said, she wrote it all down in a letter, which she hadn't yet delivered when Trig was born. About five thousand children like Trig are born with Down syndrome every year in the United States. All are mentally challenged to varying degrees.

They may face retardation, delayed language and slow motor development. Half of the babies born with Down each year suffer from congenital heart defects; Trig has a hole in his heart that may require surgery.

So far, Palin said he can walk, but he has vision problems and, at 19 months, doesn't eat solid foods. It wasn't long ago that being a child with Down syndrome carried a stigma. They were separated from societies, from their families," said Dr. Walters opened up about her own sister with special needs, who was teased and called "retarded. But, for the most part, people have been so loving and supportive of us that that encourages us and it makes us know that there is Trig accompanied Palin for stints on the campaign trail, which prompted scrutiny.

Many said she was exploiting her baby for a political end. You're kind of, you're damned if you do, damned if you don't," she told Walters. Todd Palin joined his wife for portions of the Barbara Walters interview. He brought Trig along too. Todd said that when his wife shared the news that their son would be born with Down syndrome, he knew his family could handle the challenge.

And when she told me that our child might have Down syndrome, I asked myself, I just, I said, 'Why not us? Mom lived with such purpose and intention to do good — always — for others. We'll miss her more than anything. It births fearlessness. We knew she was our forever advocate on earth, and will now intercede directly to the Throne," she added, calling her the "most optimistic person ever. FB Tweet More. Sarah Palin's daughter Willow is expanding her family.

Sarah Palin's youngest son, Trig, was born in April with Down's syndrome. Internet bloggers had suggested Trig was actually born to Bristol Palin but that the Alaska governor claimed to be the mother to avoid the controversy. The McCain adviser Mark Salter said today's pregnancy announcement was made to rebut these rumours.

McCain's choice of Palin, the first female governor of Alsaska and the first woman on a Republican presidential ticket, has already drawn controversy, with critics attacking her lack of experience, especially in foreign policy.