Our Stories

Louise Gill,  Mum to – Rory (Age 6 – 22k platelets – 2 ICH’s/ 2 transfusions/ 2 IVIG infusions) Matthew (Age 4 – treated pregnancy – IVIG 1g/KG from 20wks – Fetal Blood Sampling at 28wks –  Born with 155k Platelets at 36wks via Caesarean Section) Daniel James (Age 22 months – treated pregnancy IVIG ...

Crystal Rea USA Mommy to: Ethan Patrick, 9-4-07, 8,000 plt count, untreated and Ellisyn Drew, 9-9-09, 243,000 plt count, treated In September 2007, my husband and I had a precious baby boy. During delivery my doctor had me push before I had dilated to 10 centimeters and before Ethan had dropped into the birth canal. ...

Catherine Woolnough England, UK Our NAIT Story We didn’t find out about NAIT until after the birth of our second son, in fact I was pregnant with our third son when NAIT was first mentioned. Our first son, William was born in 1999 and was generally what you would class as a normal pregnancy and ...

Tracy Ricketts-Wilson USA The Presence of Faith If ever I doubted the existence of God those doubts faded with the birth of my son, and were all but obliterated in the days that followed. I am not saying this as a parent in awe of the beautiful life they have helped to create (although I ...

Sue and William Tandy England, UK Our NAIT Story Vanessa Rose, b Aug 2006 My first pregnancy was not an easy one. I had a suspected miscarriage at 8 weeks, but my little fighter survived the odds, I had problems with my Asthma and went through the guilt of taking Prednisone Steroids during my pregnancy, ...

Josh, Renee, Maria, Sophia and Jackson McDonald USA I delivered my 1lb 2oz baby girl Maria in March of 2005. After spending days on total bedrest, in the hospital on VERY high doses of Magnesium Sulfate, our heart rates started to decrease to a very dangerous place. I’d had a stroke the night before and ...

Amber Lynn Canada Gavyn’s Story I found out I was pregnant August 3rd 2007, at this time I wasn’t exactly thrilled seeing as I was only 19 and on my second child, it took me a few months to actually be ok with having another baby. Yes I know there are options but those options ...

Jennifer Henshall USA So Much to Be Thankful For… After a few years of enjoying our freedom as newlyweds, my husband, Taylor, and I knew that we were more than ready to start our family. We took one last vacation to California in January of 2008 and decided that we would throw caution to the ...

Marian Thai USA My million dollar miracle baby! After having my beautiful son, Jordan in 1999 we had tried for 8  long years to have another baby.  I remember clearly the day we found out I was pregnant with a baby girl. We were SHOCKED!!  Finally after 8 years we were blessed with a baby girl. We had ...