Tag: Infant Diagnosis
Brooke’s Story: Immense Significance
October 8, 2025Our Mama Bear story today comes from Brooke, mother of Skylar who was born with Trisomy 18. Like many moms who receive a life-limiting prenatal diagnosis for their baby, she was pressured to abort her baby, because “there was no hope.” We find that there is beautiful hope in the moments mama bears get to […]
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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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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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Changing the Narrative
June 4, 2024Why we need to change the narrative When I got the phone call from the doctor telling me our youngest daughter probably wouldn’t make it to birth alive because of her diagnosis, all kinds of fears flooded my heart and mind. These fears sprang from narratives I had picked up from the world around me: […]
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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 3
January 17, 2024When parents join our Verity’s Village community, they have often received a “fatal prenatal 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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Our Beliefs & Values
December 16, 2023Hope for Prenatal Diagnosis In light of recent news headlines detailing the difficult case of a family in Texas seeking an abortion after receiving a diagnosis of Trisomy 18, we feel it is appropriate to share our perspective and philosophy. We want people to know there is hope for a prenatal diagnosis. Our nonprofit ministry […]
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