Elissa’s Story: Compatible with Life
September 4, 2025With Mama Bear Care, we often hear stories about parents with a prenatal diagnosis who are told that their babies are incompatible with life and still spend precious time with their families earth-side after delivery. However, we do not often get to share this story in regards to Trisomy 13, so Elissa’s story about her […]
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What Mama Bears Need
August 27, 2025When we think of a mama bear, we often think that they are so amazingly independent and fierce. And they are! However, even mama bears need support. What do mama bears need? What Mama Bears Need –> Unending Support We live in a society that is uncomfortable with doing “hard.” When we hear of a […]
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Jaalah’s Story: Not one, but two!
July 8, 2025Mama Bear Jaalah had a seemingly normal pregnancy until her anatomy scan at 21 weeks. She and her husband were devastated to learn the ultrasound showed their baby girl had problems severe enough to elicit the phrase “incompatible with life.” But that wasn’t all. It wasn’t until more appointments and tests were done that the […]
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Mandy’s Story: Peaceful Miracle
June 12, 2025Today’s Mama Bear story involves a precious baby girl who supposedly was “incompatible with life” but proved to be a miracle in the making. Moms who receive a devastating prenatal diagnosis wonder if their babies will overcome odds. Many hear from friends and family that they are “praying for a miracle.” What does a miracle […]
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Ashley’s Story: The Big Plans of God
May 16, 2025Mama Bear Care empowers women who have received a prenatal diagnosis to embrace their Mama Bear role, equipping them to advocate for their special babies with fierce love and tender care. When a mama comes to our community, she has received an unexpected diagnosis. With each diagnosis comes a different story. That story becomes a […]
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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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Mama Bear Care
January 29, 2025Happy New Year! As we dive into 2025, we are excited to share with you some things that have been happening behind the scenes here at Verity’s Village. As our leadership team discussed our care program for parents who have received a life-limiting diagnosis, we came to the conclusion that it’s time for a bit […]
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ABIGAIL’S STORY: “I wouldn’t change a thing”
December 20, 2024June 3, 2024, I received a call from my OB’s nurse practitioner. I knew it was about the NIPT results but figured that it would just be her calling to confirm that the sneak peek test we had done at 6 weeks was correct and that it was in fact a baby boy. Little did […]
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