Mac Wilder Murrell
December 20, 2024June 3rd, 2024 I received a call from my OB’s nurse practitioner. I knew it was about the NIPT results but figured that it would just be her calling to confirm that the sneak peek test we had done at 6 weeks was correct and that it was in fact a baby boy. Little did […]
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Life-Affirming Language and Care
December 14, 2024During a pregnancy and at the OBGYN, we do not normally need to talk about life-affirming language. When a mama receives a positive pregnancy test, the medical staff immediately proceed to provide life-affirming language and care. This mama is having a baby! The expectation is not focused on ending a baby’s life; why would it […]
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Evangeline Renee Williams
November 15, 2024On September 25th 2023 at our 20 week antenatal scan we received unexpected news that our baby had a heart defect. I was upset but never once considered a genetic reason and assumed at worst our baby might need heart surgery after she’s born. A week later we were flown to a specialist appointment where […]
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Colette Cook Hasty
November 15, 2024Colette was given the diagnosis of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Trisomy 6p Unique a few weeks later from her genetic testing. Initially before even getting a full picture of what HLHS was, we were told to abort our first child. We refused and chose life instead for her! We didn’t care what “could be […]
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Rosalie Walker
November 15, 2024Our baby was given a “lethal” diagnosis at our 20 week anatomy scan. We were told she had “agnathia otocephaly”. Her ears were where her jaw should be, she didn’t have a mouth or nose and she had one centrally located eye. Her head was smaller than it should be and her brain didn’t split. […]
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What Is A Fatal Fetal Diagnosis?
November 15, 2024One of the scariest aspects of being a medical mom or dad, especially for a parent who receives a prenatal diagnosis, is the unknown terms that are used to describe our babies’ conditions. One of those often used terms our parents hear is “fatal fetal diagnosis.” Pregnancy Care Centers refer to this as an “adverse […]
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Social Media Assistant – Charis Hodges
June 5, 2024We have had a few months since we have had the honor of introducing a new Verity’s Village team member. In the past two months, we have been able to bring in a Social Media Assistant, Charis Hodges, to aid Verity’s Village in creating graphics and posts that are relevant to our community. If you […]
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Changing the Narrative
June 4, 2024Why we need to change the narrative When I got the phone call from the doctor telling me our youngest daughter probably wouldn’t make it to birth alive because of her diagnosis, all kinds of fears flooded my heart and mind. These fears sprang from narratives I had picked up from the world around me: […]
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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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