Miss Style, Strength And Grace With Deidra Murphy

Three Roads to Motherhood: Jessica Babcock’s Journey of Diagnosis, Adoption & Faith ✨ Episode Summary: In this heartfelt episode of Miss Style, Strength, and Grace, I sit down with my dear friend Jessica Babcock—a woman whose path to motherhood followed three uniquely beautiful roads. Her journey began with Colby, her firstborn, who lives with cystic fibrosis and is on the autism spectrum. Because she and her husband Brent both carry the CF gene, they faced a 1 in 4 chance of passing it on with each pregnancy. Their desire to grow their family led them down two alternative paths: first, through adoption—welcoming their daughter June after a devastating failed match and adoption scam—and then through embryo adoption, which gave them their youngest son, Tanner, whom Jessica carried as a gestational mother despite no biological relation. From navigating diagnosis and special needs parenting to rebuilding trust in the adoption process and embracing the miracle of embryo adoption, Jessica’s story is layered w