Posted on February 19 2008 by admin
AT LAST A FUNDRAISER THAT WON’T ROT YOUR TEETH !
Lifes Little Treasures is currently running a fundraiser with Stuck On You Labels, Australia ’s leading supplier of personalised children’s labels and tags.
This is not just great way of keeping all your children’s jumpers hats lunch boxes etc out of our Lost Property. Stuck on [...]
Posted on February 19 2008 by admin
The Murdoch Childrens Research Institute development board invites you and your family to Discovery Day a family picnic day hosted by our patron Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE in her beautiful gardens at Cruden Farm.
Sunday 24 February 2008 10am – 3pm
Tickets
$40 for adults, all children free. LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE. The event will go [...]
Posted on February 16 2008 by admin
Twins – Born at 22 weeks
Hunter and Darcey are premature baby twins who were born at 22 weeks gestation. What an amazing story and a battle for life. They are both an inspiration not only to myself but i am sure to many. Premature babies are such strong willed and amazing people and this video [...]
Posted on February 14 2008 by admin
Premature Baby Support (Australia)
I have put together a short video for L’il Aussie Prems and all of the support available throughout Australia for parents and families of premature babies. The babies included in the video are all members’ babies.
I hope this video reaches many people and it also gives parents of premature babies hope should [...]
Posted on February 13 2008 by admin
New techniques mean tailored treatments for premature babies, writes Denise Cullen
ANDREA Krieger’s son Angus faced tough odds when he was was born 15 weeks early five years ago. Sophisticated medical interventions over the past two decades have dramatically increased survival rates for very premature babies.
Health
But the flipside of these advances is that babies born [...]
Posted on February 1 2008 by admin
Folic acid supplements taken for a year before pregnancy can cut the risk of premature births by 70% and save thousands of lives, researchers have found.
One in three babies born under 28 weeks die, and many others face lifelong disability. Experts say the research, based on a study of nearly 40,000 women, adds weight to [...]