L’il Aussie Prems was created by Julia Toivonen, mum to a premature baby born at 27 weeks gestation. Through her experience of having a premature baby Julia wanted to reach out to parents and offer support and understanding whether parents are still in the NICU or at home.
Each premature baby has their own life [...]
Doctors are warning parents of a virus that is potentially life-threatening to infants, particularly premature babies, on the first National Premmie Day. The day has been launched with a warning about respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, a common virus that causes about 6,000 children to be treated in hospital every year in Australia.
The risk of [...]
Australia’s oldest premmie peer support groups have come together to launch Australia’s first national premmie day on June 12 this year to give these fragile infants a voice. More than 21,000 babies arrive early every year in Australia and more than 6,000 require critical life support and intensive around-the-clock medical intervention.
L’il Aussie Prems will be [...]
