Couple With Dwarfism Build a Family of Five Despite Medical Risks and Public Criticism

For many couples, questions about having children arrive almost immediately after marriage. Friends, relatives, and even strangers can feel entitled to weigh in—asking when the first baby will come, whether a second is planned, and how big the family “should” be. For Charli Worgan and her husband Cullen, an Australian couple who both live with different forms of dwarfism, those questions have often turned into harsh judgment about decisions that are deeply personal.

Yet Charli and Cullen chose to pursue the family life they wanted—and today they are raising three children, navigating both the medical realities of pregnancy and the social pressures that come with being highly visible online.