Author: Brooke Shambley
Doula Support During a Difficult Diagnosis
March 4, 2024Traci Weaver provides doula support for parents who receive a life-limiting prenatal diagnosis.
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Our Counselors: Allen and Patricia Cooke
February 23, 2024Our counselors, Allen and Patricia Cooke, have joined our mission at Verity’s Village to support parents who receive a life-limiting prenatal diagnosis by offering emotional and mental support.
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What I Would Have Missed: Part 4
February 19, 2024When parents join our Verity’s Village community, they have often received a “fatal fetal diagnosis” according to their doctors. At Verity’s Village, we choose the phrase “life-limiting” prenatal diagnosis, as we know and our parents know that their babies have a time to be with their parents however long that might be. In the post […]
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What I Would Have Missed: Part 2
December 12, 2023When we shared “What I Would Have Missed: Part 1,” we had many people respond to the love expressed by our parents for their babies with a diagnosis. A life-limiting prenatal diagnosis can seem so overwhelming to parents, friends, family, and others connected to mom and dad, and we can forget to focus on the […]
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What I Would Have Missed: Part 1
November 15, 2023When a parent is given a life-limiting prenatal diagnosis for their baby, we can mistakenly focus on missing out on the pain and avoiding the grief. No matter what decision is made, grief is unavoidable, but the focus on what a parent will actually miss if they terminate their pregnancy can be life saving: life […]
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Christi’s Story: “What if your baby lives?”
October 20, 2023Many of our stories come from our Verity’s Village online community, but the presence of the grander community affected by a prenatal diagnosis is larger than our online community. Each of us are in cities with others who have been given a diagnosis or are caring for a child who received a diagnosis. In my […]
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April’s Letter: To Thomas Henry
September 20, 2023Rather than our typical blog post sharing the overall story of a parent and their baby’s diagnosis, today’s blog post shares one of our Verity’s Village mother’s letter to her son. By her permission, we are allowed a window into her pregnancy, her special times with her son, and her choice to spend this time […]
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Cheryl’s Story: Waiting with Hope
August 23, 2023As we love to encourage our parents to reach out with their stories, so our Verity’s Village parents have an ongoing invite to share their families’ stories to our blog. Cheryl agreed to share her ongoing story about Elijah Raphael her sweet son. Her little Elijah Raphael was originally diagnosed with iniencephaly, but as they […]
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Kieran’s Story: Ectopia Cordis
June 14, 2023Many times, we link to diagnosis stories on various blogs, newspapers, or even medical sites. This Wednesday, we are privileged to share the story of Kieran on our own blog. In November 2014, Kieran’s family received a prenatal diagnosis, learning their little girl would be born with ectopia cordis. Ectopia Cordis is a condition that […]
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Group Admin and Future Parent Care Coordinator
June 7, 2023Last month, we finished sharing about our board of directors with our Verity’s Village community, but wait, we have more! In addition to our introducing our Founder, Social Media Manager, and Board of Directors, we would also like to introduce you to one of our Group Admins, Kathryn Kerr, who completed training to become our […]
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