Since starting L’il Aussie Prems in March 2007 the site has grown more than i could have ever imagined. I created the premmie forum hoping that the site could offer some premmie baby parents hope and courage whilst going through life of having a premature baby but it has turned into more. With over 660 members registered on the forum and growing everyday the forum has become a community for families who have faced the battle of having a premature baby or a baby who spent time in SCN.

With the premmie forum growing and thriving over time i have had many ideas, most have been implemented on the website. The site covers so many things from premmie birth stories to premmie galleries, premmie forum, premmie birth announcements, premmie buddies, premmie of the month, monthly newsletters, directory, premmie baby tickers and more so the site needs updating quite a lot due to so many stories, photos and submissions emailed in everyday. I can spend up to 4hrs a day updating and adding new information/images/stories onto the website but thankfully i don’t need to everyday.

With the workload that the website brings i needed help with not just updating the website but also with help finding information for the next premmie newsletter, contacting a forum member and asking them to be premmie of the month and arranging details and photos with them, running premmie buddies each month, moderating the forum, administrating the forum (with me), organising and running premmie kris kringle and much much more. After a year and a half of doing all of these things on my own i realised that i really couldn’t do it all, i wasn’t superwoman (although i wish i was). With having just recently giving birth to my son i have 2 more helpers on hand helping with the running of the website and it could not have come at a better time.

The women who organise, update, arrange and implement things on the site are all so AMAZING. There are around 11 mums who give up their time to help. I cannot thank them enough for their amazing help, efforts & generosity in helping the site being kept up to date and the premmie forum being “watched/moderated” because without you it would be a struggle everyday.