“You’re happy about being pregnant, but also scared it could end. We know how swiftly things can go from life to death.”
‘I’m happy for you, but worried. You think your baby won’t survive. You need to hit the pause button.’: Mom gives support to other pregnant women after loss, ‘The moment is yours’
‘DING DING DING.’ His heart rate dropped. All of the tests were negative. He was known as the ‘mystery baby.’: Woman births baby with Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome, ‘Our lives would never be the same’
“The doctor laid him on my chest and instant panic came over my face. He was a shade of blue. I had done this five times before. I knew what a newborn should look like. He began to throw up and for a newborn, it was a lot! Why was this happening?”
‘Something ain’t right.’ She NEEDED HELP. The response was, ‘Sorry, but insurance won’t pay any longer.’: Widower lost wife after childbirth due to negligence, ‘Her name will ring forever’
“She was a wreck, but the nurse came in with the news it was time for us to pack up and go. I urged the doctor to keep us there. ‘Insurance won’t pay.’ I can still feel the wind from doctors running past me, responding to the ‘code black.’ It haunts me.”
‘I drove 11 hours with my babies. I just needed to feel my ‘home.’ I wanted to laugh together like the world isn’t burning.’: Mom talks about finding the positive during a pandemic
“I needed to taste my mama’s pancakes. I just needed to feel my ‘home,’ and not through the blue light of a screen. I didn’t realize what a release it would be to just pull up in a familiar driveway, knock on a door, and have it open wide.”
‘Her brain doesn’t look normal.’ The odds weren’t in our favor. There was a 1% chance she would live six months.’: Baby born with Semilobar Holoprosencephaly defies the odds, ‘She blows us away’
“The doctor saw a spot on our baby’s brain that didn’t look quite right. Her brain had not completely divided into two complete hemispheres. We went from planning on welcoming a little girl into our family to planning a funeral.”
‘I’m trying to hold on for you and the boys. I’m so tired,’ he said. We had so much hope.’: Widow asks friends and family to write letters to twin sons from late husband, ‘They will know how great their father was’
“When I was seven months pregnant, Justin’s health rapidly declined. ‘I don’t know how much strength I have left.’ I think he knew it was time. I wish he wrote letters to the boys, but we never lived a day thinking he would die. I think that was the best way to live.”
’Each appointment, we were given no hope. ‘He will have severe disabilities.’ If it was not for my amazing doctor, I believe Henry and I would not be here today,: Woman gives birth to baby with hydrocephalus and L1 Syndrome.
“Our road came to a halt soon after. 1 in 30,000 is what we were told. We became extremely concerned. We begged the doctors for answers and we felt defeated.”
‘Did you know you are pregnant?’ she said. ‘Umm…what?’ The 6 hours I spent on a stretcher in the back hallway were a blur.’: Couple details secondary infertility battles, ‘I’ll never stop hoping’
“Nine months later, and just one week after moving clear across the country, I found myself in an Uber heading to the local emergency room. The kid was a giant. I still have PTSD.”
‘Just unhook our boy, and let us hold him.’ The feeling is indescribable. Things became a blur.’: Woman has baby at 23 weeks, shares grief journey, ‘He’s our little superhero’
‘I woke up feeling off. When I wiped, there was blood. He arrived so tiny, so transparent. We were terrified. I couldn’t cope with being away from him.”
‘Mom said, ‘You aren’t coming home.’ My sexuality was a sin. I was punished for making eye contact. The chance I’d pull through was slim.’: Woman survives accident, cancer, ‘I’m ALIVE for the first time’
“I was topping the scales at over 650 pounds. I pulled up and asked him if he was okay. A rush of cars started coming and they weren’t slowing down. Then I heard brakes screeching, the glass breaking. I flew through the air. I’d have to have my entire tongue removed.”