Recipient Stories

By Krista ThompsonMother to Kamry Ann “Super Girl”Trisomy 13 My husband and I knew we were ready to start a family, unfortunately we got the news he was going to be deployed July 2013. So we prayed about it and decided that we would let God decide if we would get pregnant before he left…

Jessica CorbelloMommy to AshlynTrisomy 18Journey session recipients since 2014 I found out my sweet baby girl, Ashlyn, had Trisomy 18 (Edwards Syndrome) at my 20-week ultrasound. Doctors in Springfield – where we lived at the time – found I had only one artery on my umbilical cord and that she had a cleft lip. She was also…

Ashley KamlerMommy to WatsonCongenital Heart Defect#heartwarrior Baby Ace, as we called him before finding out his gender and deciding a name, was a beautiful surprise! The moment I found out I was pregnant I did all the healthy things you can imagine. I was very conscious about what I put into my body and was…

Nichole HydeMommy to KaylynCongenital Heart Defect We found out we were pregnant with our second child on October 8, 2017; 11 days before Harper, our oldest daughter, turned one. We had decided to try again, but didn’t expect it to happen that quickly, what we like to call a “planned surprise.” We were so excited…

Kristin LutzMommy to RaineCongenital Heart Defect I never expected to be a heart mom. I never thought I’d have to pass my baby off to a surgeon; it’s the hardest thing to ever do as a mom. I never knew what the CHD world was before Raine was born. I just thought how any other…

by Megan HembreeMommy to Za’Morah After being diagnosed with PCOS in 2009, my dreams of becoming a mom were crushed when I was told my body would fight off 9/10 pregnancies, making it almost impossible to carry to term. Fortunately, in October 2019, I had my first live birth… a little girl, and after 3…

by Tom & Jessie MastersonParents to Owen Following a previous miscarriage, we were experiencing a ‘typical’ pregnancy — until a sonogram changed everything. At our 20 week ultrasound, Owen’s head could not be viewed and we were told to reschedule for 4 weeks out. At the time, we had no suspicion that anything was wrong.…

By Victoria BurtonMommy to Hunter We decided that we needed one more child and started trying in 2016. We got pregnant at the beginning of 2017. We were so excited and so were our other children. We really wanted a boy and Russell said he wanted to name him Hunter. We knew from the beginning…

Kaysen was born a little early so he needed a preemie car bed, but that was okay. While his dad and someone from the hospital were installing his seat, I was beginning to pack up to go home. Everything was set to go. I began to change Kaysen’s diaper and noticed he had developed large…

By Erika WoolseyMommy to Ella Grace Just 6 months after our second miscarriage, we found out that I was pregnant again. We were so relieved when I made it to the 12 week mark. Our then 5 year old, Owen, announced to the whole church that he was going to be big brother! He was…