Every Doctor Told Her A Miscarriage Was Likely. She Held Out Hope For This Special Moment – The List

Pregnancy and childbirth are equally exciting and stressful life experiences. Expectant parents are constantly juggling all kinds of emotions as they navigate the best and worst pregnancy advice to listen to and figure out what’s safe to consume, from the best foods to eat while pregnant to simple and safe skincare products for pregnancy. However, some parents, like Nick and Savannah Roberts, hear bad news while their little one’s in the womb. The Louisiana-based couple told WDSU that doctors said their daughter, Wren Michelle Roberts, was “not compatible with life” because of multiple health conditions, so the new parents prayed that she would at least be alive at birth. Wren was born in September 2026 with spina bifida and bilateral clubfoot. She is missing a spleen and some other organs, and some of the ones she has, such as the heart and stomach, are located in a different spot than usual.

“We just pushed through and held on to God and prayed that he would at least give me an hour, or even a couple of minutes just to hear her cry. Because that’s all, at that point, that’s all I really wanted, was just to hear her cry,” Savannah said in her WDSU interview. “And he gave me a lot longer than that. So, I’m very thankful for that.” The new mother also told Fox 8, “To hear her cry was just … heaven. Heaven sent.”

Millions of Americans live with a disability or know someone who has one. However, Wren Roberts lives with more than one condition, many of which were assumed to be fatal. Her parents Nick and Savannah Roberts realized she was defying the odds stacked against her when she was six days old.

In the couple’s interview with Fox 8, Nick said, “We planned on having a funeral that weekend honestly,” referring to the weekend after they brought her home from the hospital. However, baby Wren managed to push past the first week of life, even after her spinal surgery at one week old. She can drink from a bottle, suck a pacifier, make noise, and move her limbs. Wren’s pediatrician, Dr. Gabriella Bluett-Mills, told the outlet that she hasn’t seen a case like hers. “I’d say Wren is one in a million,” she said. “I’ve never seen all of these things together before.”

“Now that she’s here and she’s still living, it really made me start to believe in miracles,” Savannah told Fox 8. “There’s a reason that it happened, and now looking at her, I’m so glad that it happened because I don’t want any other baby. I want her.”