Our Stories

Megan Plunkett Aiken, SC, USA  Our NAIT story I was induced on October 14, 2015 with our second daughter Kinsleigh.  She was born at 6:15pm that evening and weighed 9 lb 3 oz and was 21 inches long.   We had a wonderful uncomplicated delivery.  The following afternoon, I noticed bruising on Kinsleigh’s abdominal area and ...

Alison Kentros Frankin, Indiana USA Our NAIT Story When I was pregnant with Caleb, everything was “normal”. I was gestational diabetic but I thought that was the biggest hurdle. I went into labor 3 days before my due date. I was in labor for 12 hours, pushing for an hour. He was what they called ...

Jools and Andy Allan Livingston, West Lothian UK. Our NAIT Story After two miscarriages we fell pregnant with Ruby. It was a great pregnancy until the end when I began having strange symptoms and was diagnosed with Obstetric cholestasis. Ruby was born in Nov 2011 by C-section. We were ecstatic! The next day a midwife ...

Ashleigh Danielson & Kyle Webb New South Wales Australia Our NAIT Journey Our NAIT journey started on Sunday 25th of November at 3:53pm, in a country town in the Southern Highlands. My contractions had started 2am on the Saturday morning, so it was a hard and exhausting labour. After an hour of pushing I needed ...

DeAnna Smith Family New Jersey, 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 ...

Matthew, Kristin and Flynn Weiler Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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 ...

Paige Norris-Ing Swindon, 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 ...

Maxi and John Shiflet South Carolina 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 ...

Heather DeWittie California, 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 ...