Our Stories

Heather and Lon Beckius Minnesota, USA OUR NAIT STORY I was 31 weeks pregnant when I went in for a non-stress test due to having gestational diabetes. While doing the non-stress test Jayger’s heart rate kept dropping really low and then going back up to normal. The doctor also did an ultrasound to check on ...

Liz Brewer Bellbrook, Ohio, USA After almost 3 years of marriage, my husband, Andrew, and I decided to start a family.  After a few months we were pregnant, but the joy was short lived as the pregnancy ended in a miscarriage at about 10 weeks, in October 2010.  Heartbroken, we picked up the pieces and tried ...

Nikki Bebbington Corndale, New South Wales Australia Our NAIT story began when Laura was a few days old, despite the bruising and petechiae it wasn’t until I insisted the paediatrician correct a tongue tie which oozed and bleed that a platelet count was preformed reporting a count of 8 then an hour later 7. I ...

Charlotte Ravenhall West Midlands England, UK I already had 3 boys Josh 10, Reece was 7 and Harley was 2, so finding out I was pregnant again with my 4th baby was a big shock. It took me a while to come to terms of having another child as it was hard work looking after ...

Casey and Brian Haggard Illinois, Missouri USA Our NAIT Story May 12, 1998 I gave birth to a beautiful healthy baby boy Gabriel. Loving the fact of being a mom I wanted more even though my husband and I were young. June 20, 2001 came Carter, then September 3, 2004 Faith and December 12, 2005 ...

The Ghalib-Parks family Ohio, USA   We are very blessed to have three healthy children despite a diagnosis of NAIT. Our oldest, Yunus (Arabic for Jonah), was born with no complications, a product of a low risk pregnancy and had only standard checks after birth so his platelet count at birth was never known.  Perhaps ...

Lindsay Crawford Blackburn Lancashire England, UK OUR NAIT STORY Hiya my name is Lindsay and I have 3 children, aged 11, 10 and 8 months, Byron, Lewis and Elicia.  My youngest 2 were affected by NAIT. If like me you have been affected by NAIT or are going through the treatment at the moment then ...

Laura McCarthy Springfield, Virginia, USA Patrick’s Story On February 11, 2006, I gave birth to our beautiful baby boy, Patrick. My water broke at 39 weeks while we were watching the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. My pregnancy and delivery went very smoothly. About an hour after Patrick was born, his blood sugar was ...

Valerie, James and Madison Parks Millington, Tennessee USA Our NAIT Story My pregnancy with my daughter began with nausea, all day everyday for the first 4 months. All of my doctor’s appointments went smoothly and I was repeatedly told she was a very healthy baby, and everything looked great. I was placenta previa, so we ...