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New York — New research suggests that doctors can cut the risk of cerebral palsy in half for very premature babies by giving their mothers magnesium sulfate just before they give birth.
In the government-funded study, researchers gave an infusion of magnesium sulfate to women about to give birth to a premature baby to see if […]

I have attached one of the articles from todays local paper (Knox Leader). It explains about my Local Hero award and also about the work i have been doing to help parents and families of premature babies. The article also mentions about Lifes Little Treaures and the National Premmie Foundation who consist of many many […]

I have been speaking with a very proud father of premature twins who were born at 22 weeks & 2 days gestation in 1997. Reading the story of Amy & Sophie was just amazing and just reading what their father wrote brought tears to my eyes. It is a journey of 2 premature baby […]

You may remember me writing that I was nominated for “Volunteer of the Year” with my local council a few months ago. Well the award ceremony was held on Australia day and after having a lovely breakfast it was time to announce the award. They went through each nominee’s achievements and the other nominee’s were […]

Happy Australia Day to all the premature babies around Australia. We hope that you and your families all celebrate the day with pride and thankfulness that your premature babies have been born safe into this great country and receiving the best medical care from our doctors and nurses in NICU.
To those premature babies who […]

Well Ronan and i were photographed yesterday for an article that is coming out most likely next week in the local paper on behalf of Bonnie Babes and their “Pride of the Nation” project. The photographer was here for about 30 minutes and we took many different angles of poses. Ronan had a blast and […]

L’il Aussie Prems is featured in this weeks New Idea! We are all very excited and welcome all the new members that have joined in the past week on the forum.
We hope that our premature baby community can bring you comfort in knowing that you are not alone not only on your journey but also […]

WHEN miracle twins Jaiden and Hannah Rhodes start school in a couple of weeks, it will be a day to cherish.
Mum Junelle’s wedding ring hung like a bracelet around their wrists when they came into the world almost six years ago.
Born at just 25 weeks at the Mercy Hospital, the twins weighed less than 800g […]

I browse a number of websites for parents of premature babies, and the topic of “when should I start my premature baby on solids” comes up time and again. Some people believe you should go by corrected age, others feel that actual age is appropriate because prem babies are digesting milk from very soon […]

Watch this space as L’il Aussie Prems will be having a facelift. It has been months in production already and we are making the final adjustments. We are hopeful that by the start of February the new site will be launched.