# Jessica | A Heart Diagnosis and 84 Days in the NICU

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Podcast: [Dear NICU Mama](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dear-nicu-mama-495894)
Published: 2026-02-18T12:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this week’s podcast episode, Jessica shares the remarkable story of becoming a NICU mom through adoption. She opens up about her and her husband’s journey through foster care, infertility, and the unexpected call that would introduce them to their son, Noah. Just weeks before his birth, they learned he had a complex congenital heart defect, along with other medical concerns that left doctors unsure if he would survive. Jessica vulnerably walks us through Noah’s early arrival, his emergency...

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