{"id":51546,"date":"2026-01-05T23:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T23:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=51546"},"modified":"2026-01-05T23:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T23:02:23","slug":"couple-with-dwarfism-beat-the-odds-to-start-a-family","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=51546","title":{"rendered":"Couple with Dwarfism Beat the Odds to Start a Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"473\" data-end=\"820\">For many married couples, questions about starting a family are common and often well-intentioned. Friends, relatives, and even strangers frequently ask.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"473\" data-end=\"820\"><em data-start=\"627\" data-end=\"663\">\u201cWhen are you going to have kids?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0But for\u00a0<strong data-start=\"672\" data-end=\"689\">Charli Worgan<\/strong>\u00a0and her husband\u00a0<strong data-start=\"706\" data-end=\"716\">Cullen<\/strong>, the questions were different\u2014and far more confronting.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"473\" data-end=\"820\">Instead of\u00a0<em data-start=\"784\" data-end=\"790\">when<\/em>, they were often asked\u00a0<em data-start=\"814\" data-end=\"819\">why<\/em>. Charli and Cullen, a Sydney-based couple, each live with a different form of dwarfism. 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