Baby Mia is due in July 2026, and she needs your help.

Help Us Give Our Baby Girl a Fighting Chance

Unfortunately, Mia has been diagnosed with congenital heart block. This means there is a delay in the electrical signals that control her heartbeat. She needs special care to ensure she stays healthy during the pregnancy and also after birth. Mia will most likely have to have heart surgery soon after birth, and hopefully nothing more than a pacemaker to regulate her heartbeat.

Our Little Mia

Our unborn baby girl has recently been diagnosed with a rare and serious condition called a congenital heart block. This means her tiny heart is not beating the way it should, and she requires close monitoring and specialised care to give her the best possible chance at life.

She is our miracle baby — a precious gift after the heartbreak of three miscarriages — and we are holding onto hope with everything we have.

As parents, there is nothing more important to us than protecting our child. Right now, that means frequent medical visits, constant monitoring, preparing for a high-risk birth and getting a pacemaker directly after birth for her.

We have already spent approximately R8,200 on consultations and blood tests, which were unfortunately not covered by our medical aid, adding to the growing financial strain we are facing.

We need to travel regularly to Cape Town for specialist care, and her delivery will need to take place at Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital — a facility equipped to handle her condition. Unfortunately, this hospital is not covered by our medical aid, and we are facing a co-payment of R15,000 just for admission alone, along with additional costs for travel, accommodation, and ongoing medical care.

Our medical aid has already been depleted due to the high frequency of weekly gynecologist visits needed to monitor her heart. Each visit is essential to ensure she is still stable and to act quickly if anything changes.

We never imagined we would find ourselves in a position where we would need to ask for help like this, but we are doing everything we can for our daughter.

Your support will go directly towards:

Travel and accommodation for specialist visits
Weekly medical monitoring and consultations
The hospital co-payment and delivery costs
Any emergency care that may be needed

Every contribution, no matter how small, brings us one step closer to giving our baby girl the care she desperately needs.

If you are unable to donate, sharing this campaign would mean the world to us.

Thank you for standing with us during this incredibly difficult time and helping us give our daughter the best possible start in life.

With gratitude and hope,

Martin, Delia and soon to come, Mia

Our Target

We aim to raise R90,000 that will enable us to cover the costs of weekly visits to specialists in Mossel Bay, George, and Cape Town. Part of this target also includes deposits and coverage of the delivery, and proposed after-care of Mia (at the moment we are looking at a pacemaker after she is born, and only time will tell).

Donations received - THANK YOU

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