Author: Brooke Shambley
Janie’s Story: Love Has No Limits
March 12, 2025Mama Bear Care exists to support mamas who receive a life-limiting prenatal diagnosis to provide them with support, education, counseling, and community. Each mama comes to our community with a different diagnosis and with a different story. Each baby has value, dignity, and life, no matter the diagnosis or the length of their little life. […]
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Mama Bear Marie: Holding Strong
February 20, 2025Thank you, Marie, for sharing your story with our Mama Bear Care community! We love to see your Mama Bear strength and spirit! Mama Bear Marie: Holding Strong Meet one of our Mama Bears! Marie is mama to sweet Azariah. Though she wasn’t given much hope after receiving a prenatal diagnosis, Marie gave birth in […]
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Dee’s Story: Every Story Is Different!
January 29, 2025We were so glad when Dee said she wanted to share her story about her daughter, Mattison, and her prenatal diagnosis of Trisomy 9. As Dee shares below, every story is different! Thank you Dee for sharing your story with our Mama Bear Care community! We love to see your Mama Bear strength and spirit! […]
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Life-Affirming Language and Care
December 14, 2024During a pregnancy and at the OBGYN, we do not normally need to talk about life-affirming language. When a mama receives a positive pregnancy test, the medical staff immediately proceed to provide life-affirming language and care. This mama is having a baby! The expectation is not focused on ending a baby’s life; why would it […]
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What Is A Fatal Fetal Diagnosis?
November 15, 2024One of the scariest aspects of being a medical mom or dad, especially for a parent who receives a prenatal diagnosis, is the unknown terms that are used to describe our babies’ conditions. One of those often used terms our parents hear is “fatal fetal diagnosis.” Pregnancy Care Centers refer to this as an “adverse […]
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Social Media Assistant – Charis Hodges
June 5, 2024We have had a few months since we have had the honor of introducing a new Verity’s Village team member. In the past two months, we have been able to bring in a Social Media Assistant, Charis Hodges, to aid Verity’s Village in creating graphics and posts that are relevant to our community. If you […]
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Doula Support During a Difficult Diagnosis
March 4, 2024Traci Weaver provides doula support for parents who receive a life-limiting prenatal diagnosis.
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Our Counselors: Allen and Patricia Cooke
February 23, 2024Our counselors, Allen and Patricia Cooke, have joined our mission at Verity’s Village to support parents who receive a life-limiting prenatal diagnosis by offering emotional and mental support.
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What I Would Have Missed: Part 4
February 19, 2024When parents join our Verity’s Village community, they have often received a “fatal fetal diagnosis” according to their doctors. At Verity’s Village, we choose the phrase “life-limiting” prenatal diagnosis, as we know and our parents know that their babies have a time to be with their parents however long that might be. In the post […]
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What I Would Have Missed: Part 2
December 12, 2023When we shared “What I Would Have Missed: Part 1,” we had many people respond to the love expressed by our parents for their babies with a diagnosis. A life-limiting prenatal diagnosis can seem so overwhelming to parents, friends, family, and others connected to mom and dad, and we can forget to focus on the […]
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