‘I Can’t Make It (Luke’s Heart) Normal’- Joanne, Martin, Ethan, and Luke

Luke’s family reflect together on their experiences of having a loved one with a congenital heart condition. After the anomaly scan revealed that Luke would have half a heart among

‘We are prepared to spend his first birthday in hospital, and that’s OK’- Laura on her Son Lennox

There can be so much confusion about suddenly being told you’ll have a child with half a heart when you’ve had healthy children in the past. Laura went through this

‘I Thought It Happened To Other People Far Away’- Maia on her son MacFhionnlaigh

Maia is the mother of MacFhionnlaigh, who has Hypoplastic Left Heart syndrome. She writes how Mac entering her and her family’s life has molded them into better people. He has

Jessica and Vinnie

Vinnie and his family’s heart journey started when they were sitting in the maternity ward and Vinnie wouldn’t feed. Matthew, his father immediately arrived at the hospital to support them.

Michelle’s Story

Michelle Rose is the mother of Elijah, a ‘little bean’ with a series of conditions such as Double Inlet Left Ventricle, Transposition of the Arteries, Hypoplastic Right Valve, and Sub

Jessica and Ollie

By the time of her 12 week scan, Jessica had a high chance of giving birth to a child with Down syndrome and/or a heart condition. The words ‘I can

Shane tells Olivia’s story

After my daughter’s third heart operation I broke down in tears because it was the first time I had ever seen her lips, fingers and cheeks pink – they were

My baby was only three days old when he had an open heart operation.

A few minutes into my pregnancy scan, the sonographer told us to go and get a drink and to come back shortly as she couldn’t get a clear view of

After two miscarriages I fell pregnant again, with a baby that had only half a working heart.

We found out at the 20 week scan that there was something wrong with our baby’s heart. A week or so later we saw a specialist who confirmed that it