Our Stories

Autumn Harrier Minnesota, 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 ...

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 Buckinghamshire 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 ...

Lindsey and John Safford Marshfield, WI 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 ...

Lisa Aube North Carolina, 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 ...

Angela and Robert Farr San Diego, California, 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 ...

Nikki and Michael Wallace Nottingham, England. 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 ...

Stacy and Steve Corke England, UK OUR NAIT JOURNEY 1991 saw me having an awful pregnancy! I was huge although I ate little, had high BP and was covered in an itchy rash! I certainly didn’t bloom, more like a huge wilt. Everyone used to joke “you must be allergic to pregnancy” mmm funny how ...

Desiree` and Brent Trimbell Hobart, New York, USA Shae and Brooklynn After a normal pregnancy, our 8 lb,11 oz son, Shae Michael came into this world on July 28th, 2010. Two days after he was born, my husband and I were getting ready to go home, while the doctor was circumcising Shae. A nurse brought ...