Mama Bear Care

Mama Bear Care Hope + help for families who receive a life-limiting diagnosis for their babies Verity’s Village is a faith-based, pro-life, 501(c)(3), founded in 2021.

Our supportive community is dedicated to providing
• accurate, up-to-date information about life-limiting diagnoses
• support for parents who receive a prenatal diagnosis
• real-life stories of those living and thriving with special-needs conditions
• testimonials from those who chose life despite the odds and found peace and beauty in the journey. We do this by providing the following:
• A priva

te, online support group for those expecting a baby with a diagnosis (From Diagnosis to Delivery)
• A private, online support group for bereaved parents (From Heartache to Hope)
• Providing physical resources for those in our support group
• Providing free access to pastoral counselors
• Providing connections to other organizations for additional resources and support.

Our very first Legacy Video is here. 🤍In this deeply moving testimony, Tim and Kim LaRue share the story of their son, V...
05/09/2026

Our very first Legacy Video is here. 🤍

In this deeply moving testimony, Tim and Kim LaRue share the story of their son, Vincent James, who was stillborn at 26 weeks after a heartbreaking prenatal diagnosis.

Through grief, faith, and love, they chose to cherish every moment they were given with their precious little boy.

This story is tender. Heartfelt. Sacred.
And we pray it brings comfort and hope to families walking a similar road.

If you are facing a life-limiting prenatal diagnosis, miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss… you are not alone, please contact us for support, we exist for you!

🎥 Watch Vincent’s Legacy Story here:
https://youtu.be/yRqMUP5Dm8Q?si=4vaw9m1LZQTN-w0M

“Every life, no matter how brief, is precious and deeply loved by God.”

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🙏🏼 UPDATE!Maran’s 2nd HLHS surgery has been rescheduled to May 12th due to a hospital-wide WiFi outage that impacted com...
05/08/2026

🙏🏼 UPDATE!

Maran’s 2nd HLHS surgery has been rescheduled to May 12th due to a hospital-wide WiFi outage that impacted communication systems.

While unexpected delays are never easy, we are thankful for the care being taken to ensure everything is in place before surgery day. 💜

Please continue praying for sweet Maran, her family, and her medical team as they prepare for this next surgery.

Thank you, Mama Bear Care Community, for surrounding this precious little heart warrior with so much love, prayer, and support! 🫀

We’re moving our next Diagnosis Story up a few days because this one also comes with an important prayer request.Tomorro...
05/07/2026

We’re moving our next Diagnosis Story up a few days because this one also comes with an important prayer request.

Tomorrow morning, sweet Maran will undergo another major open-heart surgery.

As her family prepares for a very long day ahead, we wanted to share a little of her story and ask our Mama Bear Care community to surround this precious little girl and her family in prayer.
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Diagnosis Story: Sydney, Mama Bear to Maran

“At 16 weeks, we found out that our baby girl had a cystic hygroma at the base of her neck, and we were told there was a 1 in 3 chance of losing her by 24 weeks.

If we were fortunate enough to carry her to term, doctors said there was an 85% chance she would be born with a congenital defect requiring immediate surgery and lifelong complications.

We were asked if we wanted resources to terminate.

But I knew God chose me to be her mama, and I was going to fight for her life.

At 18 weeks, we underwent an amniocentesis to better understand what was causing the cystic hygroma. During that appointment, we also learned she had a heart abnormality and fluid around her brain.

At 21 weeks, we met with a pediatric cardiologist for a fetal echocardiogram. That’s when we learned our daughter had Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) and would need a series of open-heart surgeries after birth.

Mama Bear Care has been there for me from diagnosis to delivery and beyond.

Mama Bear Mentor Nyssa has especially gone above and beyond walking this journey with me. She has celebrated our joyful moments and sat with me through some of the darkest and hardest ones too.

I’m so thankful for the love, care, and support we’ve received every step of the way.

Our sweet Maran is celebrating 100 days of life and 100 days in the CCU this week, and tomorrow she faces her second open-heart surgery.” 🫀

Maran’s surgery is scheduled for tomorrow, May 8th, beginning at 8:35am CST. If all goes well, her family hopes to see her again around 5:00pm CST.

🙏🏼 Please pray for:
• wisdom and steady hands for her surgical team
• peace and strength for Sydney and her family
• protection over Maran’s precious life
• a smooth surgery and recovery

Thank you for lifting this sweet little heart warrior to Jesus with us.
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May 7th is the National Day of PrayerThis is a day set aside for our nation to humble ourselves and seek the Lord. So, t...
05/07/2026

May 7th is the National Day of Prayer

This is a day set aside for our nation to humble ourselves and seek the Lord.

So, today as we are praying for the mothers and babies we are honored to serve, let us also lift up our entire nation as a whole along with them...

"Lord, please have mercy on our nation and draw us nearer to You. We pray in Jesus name. Amen."

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Diagnosis Story: Megan, Mama Bear to CharlotteWhen uncertainty enters a pregnancy, the road ahead can feel overwhelming....
05/06/2026

Diagnosis Story: Megan, Mama Bear to Charlotte

When uncertainty enters a pregnancy, the road ahead can feel overwhelming. Megan shares her family’s diagnosis story and the comfort of knowing they do not have to walk this journey alone.
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"After Charlotte measured a week behind at her anatomy scan, we had a follow-up ultrasound four weeks later.

At first, we were not too concerned. Everything else had seemed normal, just like with my other two pregnancies.

But at that follow-up appointment, we were told there were concerns for chromosomal abnormalities, and the NIPT test was recommended.

The results came back high risk for Trisomy 18.

We chose not to pursue amniocentesis, so we will not have a definite answer until delivery. However, additional findings since then indicate that Charlotte will need intervention at birth, and those findings do point toward a T18 diagnosis.

This has been the most uncertain and challenging time of our family’s life.

Mama Bear Care has stepped in from the very beginning to remind us that we are not alone. Everyone has been willing to listen, help answer questions, and offer resources as we walk through this difficult and uncertain season.

My family and I are so thankful to have found Mama Bear Care."

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Megan, thank you for trusting us with your story. We are praying for you, for your family, for Charlotte, and for her whole care team.

We are so honored to walk alongside mamas like Megan.
This is why we exist.

“It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you;
he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”
— Deuteronomy 31:8

You’re not alone.

mamabearcare.org

For most of us… we never even knew this day existed until we became bereaved mothers ourselves.I remember crying the fir...
05/03/2026

For most of us… we never even knew this day existed until we became bereaved mothers ourselves.

I remember crying the first time I learned there was a day set aside for mothers like us… because it meant somebody thought of us.

So today, we are thinking of you, dear Mama Bear… and your dearly loved baby bear.

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If you have suffered child loss of any kind, please share your child’s name in the comments so we can honor their life together.




05/02/2026

Some of our Mama Bears have recently had to release their precious little ones into the arms of our Savior.

This is never easy.

Thank you for pausing today to pray for these grieving mothers and for remembering their precious baby bears.
Your heartfelt prayers mean far more to these mamas than you may ever know. 💜

05/01/2026

We carried them for a moment.
He holds them eternally. 🤍

Diagnosis Story: Nyssa Reed-Hasty, Mama Bear to Colette 🎀"At my routine 18-week ultrasound, the sonogram tech left the ...
04/29/2026

Diagnosis Story: Nyssa Reed-Hasty,
Mama Bear to Colette 🎀

"At my routine 18-week ultrasound, the sonogram tech left the room to get the doctor. My mom, who was with me, knew instantly that something was wrong.

As a first-time mom, I was clueless… until the doctor came in and said my baby had a heart defect.

I was 18 weeks pregnant, and before I even knew her full diagnosis, he told me I needed to decide “in a few weeks” if I wanted an abortion. He said he would most likely have to send me out of state.

Through tears falling down my cheeks, I asked what he suspected.

HLHS - Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.

I didn’t know what that meant yet, but I knew one thing…

I wanted my baby girl.

Her diagnosis didn’t change anything.
She was my daughter, entrusted to me.

Before I could even ask more questions, a huge thunderstorm came out of nowhere. The power went out, and the fire alarms began sounding throughout the sonogram room.

Looking back, Colette’s Nani and I both agreed that it was God letting us know He was there. He would sustain us.
He heard our hearts breaking… and His heart was breaking too."

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Today, Nyssa serves as one of our Mama Bear Care Mentor Moms, walking beside other mothers facing life-limiting prenatal diagnoses with compassion, understanding, and hope. Choosing Colette, the non-profit organization created in honor of her daughter, has also partnered with Mama Bear Care sending beautiful handmade gifts which are included in our Hope Boxes. 🎀

Many families are given a diagnosis…and with it, words that sound final.But those words are not the whole story.A diagno...
04/27/2026

Many families are given a diagnosis…
and with it, words that sound final.

But those words are not the whole story.

A diagnosis can describe a condition…
but it cannot define a life.

It cannot measure worth.
It cannot determine purpose.

God is the Author of their story…
and every life He creates is written with intention.

“Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be.”
Psalm 139:16

If you have received a difficult diagnosis, please know…
you are not alone. We are here to walk with you. 🤍

04/27/2026

Many families are given a diagnosis…
and with it, words that sound final.

But those words are not the whole story.

A diagnosis may describe a condition,
but it cannot define a life.

God is the Author of their story…
and every life He creates is written with purpose.

Psalm 139:16 🤍

If you’ve received a difficult diagnosis, we are here for you.

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