# @clevelandmagazine on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CnAsvXXtsEf
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2986095-clevelandmagazine-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-01-04T23:00:47.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Cleveland Magazine (@clevelandmagazine) — https://gondola.cc/clevelandmagazine

## Caption

Allie LaForce and Joe Smith’s journey to having a baby free of Huntington’s disease, chronicled in the August issue of Cleveland Magazine, has come to a wonderful end. The Vermilion native, a sideline reporter for the NBA on TNT, MLB on TBS and the NCAA March Madness tournament, and her MLB pitcher husband welcomed their first child, Jacob Michael Smith, at 1:51 a.m. Nov. 10.

Smith’s maternal grandmother and mother died of HD, a fatal genetic disorder that causes a progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. He has a 50-percent chance of developing it. If he develops it, any children he and LaForce conceive naturally have a 50-percent chance of developing it, too. Jacob was conceived via in-vitro fertilization with preimplantation genetic testing

The 6-pound 15-ounce boy was born at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital, a location chosen so LaForce’s doctor sister AuBree, a family medicine resident there, could deliver him.

👨‍💻 Head to the link in our bio for the full story. 

🖊️ Lynne Thompson

📸  Courtesy allie.laforce 

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