Our Stories

DeAnna Smith Family USA. My NAIT story began after my daughter Jaylyn was born. It was a difficult pregnancy and I knew something was wrong. The Drs and specialists disagreed and grasped at straws, misdiagnosed and dismissed the red flags until after my daughter was born covered in petechiae, bruises, and a platelet count of ...

Shannon and Stephen Cummings Northern Ireland, UK Jaxon Denvir Craig Cummings – 28 November 2016 I had an absolutely fantastic pregnancy, baby was healthy, no morning sickness or cravings (except on a Thursday when my little one didn’t like bananas, but only on a Thursday!). However we went through some loss in the family, my ...

Autumn Harrier USA Jolie Snow I thought I had a really healthy pregnancy. I ate right and worked out regularly. I was excited for a natural water birth and didn’t have any doubts that my baby would have any issues at all. After 11 hours of labor, I delivered my daughter Jolie Snow on January ...

Rhiann and Mark Cooke South Wales, UK. Iris’ Story We were overjoyed to find out I was pregnant in September 2015 following a silent miscarriage earlier in the year. I was quite anxious throughout the pregnancy due to our previous experience. When I did go into labour we skipped the early part and my plans ...

Anne-Marie Lovett and Family England, UK Emilia’s Story It all started the day my daughter Emilia was born, clearly it was the best day of my life, and my tiny human had finally arrived after days of labour (I’ll spare the details). It was late at night when she arrived and after my midwife getting ...

Lindsey and John Safford USA  Our Miracle NAIT Baby Our baby was born on October 11, 2016, nine days before our due date. We were so surprised for her to come early and so anxious to meet her! My pregnancy went as good as it could have gone. I had heartburn and early on felt ...

Lisa Aube USA Lisa’s NAIT story Hi! Here is my NAIT story. Disclaimer: I am a long winded writer, so you might want to grab a cup of coffee. 😉 Pregnancy history: Pregnancy #1 early miscarriage at 5 weeks. Pregnancy #2 I was induced at 40+ weeks, baby went transverse, C-section delivery, and we had ...

Angela and Robert Farr USA Our NAIT story The story begins with a miscarriage prior to the first healthy, natural pregnancy followed by midwives where I even felt guilty after having an epidural. Olajuwan was delivered vaginally and respiratory resuscitated twice after attempting to nurse twice, turning blue and flaccid. After the second time the ...

Nikki and Michael Wallace England, UK Our Story It all started in June 2014 when we found out I was pregnant with my first after being so sick I couldn’t keep anything down. A week after I was admitted to hospital with ketones and severe dehydration and diagnosed with hyperemesis and put on anti sickness ...