diff --git a/hamlpy/nodes.py b/hamlpy/nodes.py
index 89daabe..a5e7e4a 100644
--- a/hamlpy/nodes.py
+++ b/hamlpy/nodes.py
@@ -593,10 +593,14 @@ def _render(self):
         if self.children:
             if not _markdown_available:
                 raise NotAvailableError("Markdown is not available")
-
             self.before = self.render_newlines()[1:]
             indent_offset = len(self.children[0].spaces)
-            text = ''.join(''.join([c.spaces[indent_offset:], c.haml, c.render_newlines()]) for c in self.children)
-            self.before += markdown(text)
+            lines = []
+            for c in self.children:
+                haml = c.raw_haml.lstrip()
+                if haml[-1] == '\n':
+                    haml = haml[:-1]
+                lines.append(c.spaces[indent_offset:] + haml + c.render_newlines())
+            self.before += markdown( ''.join(lines))
         else:
             self.after = self.render_newlines()
diff --git a/hamlpy/test/templates/filtersMarkdown.hamlpy b/hamlpy/test/templates/filtersMarkdown.hamlpy
index c97726c..becf36a 100644
--- a/hamlpy/test/templates/filtersMarkdown.hamlpy
+++ b/hamlpy/test/templates/filtersMarkdown.hamlpy
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
   hello
   no paragraph
 
+  line break  
+  follow
+
   New paragraph
 
-      test
+      code block
diff --git a/hamlpy/test/templates/filtersMarkdown.html b/hamlpy/test/templates/filtersMarkdown.html
index 49f148a..1b1a9a8 100644
--- a/hamlpy/test/templates/filtersMarkdown.html
+++ b/hamlpy/test/templates/filtersMarkdown.html
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <p>hello
 no paragraph</p>
+<p>line break<br />
+follow</p>
 <p>New paragraph</p>
-<pre><code>test
-</code></pre>
+<pre><code>code block
+</code></pre>
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