Our Stories

DeAnna Smith Family USA More of My NAIT Story I’ve been a nurse for 22 years and have worked specifically with medically complex and special needs pediatric patients. I’ve seen the rarest of the rare, yet I had never heard of Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia until I had my daughter Jaylyn. My other 2 children were ...

Matthew, Kristin and Flynn Weiler USA Our NAIT Journey Our NAIT story began in September of 2018 when our son, Flynn, was born. We were ecstatic to find out that we were pregnant with our first child. We decided to keep the gender a surprise until delivery. The entire pregnancy was amazing! I never felt ...

Paige Norris-Ing England, UK Our Nait Story On the 6th September 2010 my first baby, a son was born. He was all bruised and had a rash all over him. I questioned this with the midwives who informed me this was normal. Being a first time mum I just believed them. My second son was ...

Maxi and John Shiflet USA Our NAIT Story My NAIT journey begins with a totally normal pregnancy. My due date for my first child was July 8th. After no progress, I was scheduled for induction on July 15th. My hospital stay was much longer than and not as smooth as I had planned. Labor lasted about 56 hours. Once ...

Heather DeWittie USA. Our NAIT Story Our NAIT story began about 14 hours after my son was born.  I was induced 3 days before my due date because my doctor was concerned with the extra amount of fluid I had and was nervous about the umbilical cord coming first if my water broke on its ...

Clark Family England, UK. Our NAIT Journey Hi! It took us four unexpected and long years to conceive our first child.  Jessie is the result of a successful IVF cycle, but unfortunately her twin sibling was naturally miscarried early in my pregnancy. The miscarriage was caused by a blood clot applying pressure to the cervix. ...

Gillian and Scott Magee England, UK. Archie and Essie’s NAIT story   My husband and I were delighted to be expecting our first child, due 2nd June 2009. Routine scans at 12 and 20 weeks showed our perfect baby, healthy, wriggling and growing well. We set about decorating the nursery, and purchasing items for our ...

Diana and Miles Wirkus, USA. Logan’s story In August of 2014 we were due with our first child, a boy. Everything about my pregnancy went according to planned. I was within normal ranges for weight gain, blood pressure and sugar levels were all normal, everything was a breeze! When I went into labor 2 days ...

Tara Pocock and Scott McGavin, England, UK. Sofia’s Story We were so thrilled when we found out we were pregnant in July 2016.  Despite having a healthy pregnancy, I felt anxious after every twinge, and before every scan and check-up.  It was understandable really after an early bleed at 6 weeks when I thought I ...