Archive for May, 2009

Media Release: Mother of triplets sets the pace to win Australia’s first Local Premmie Hero award

Posted on May 15 2009 by lilronan

Sophie Smith is an inspirational mother. After enduring the enormous personal tragedy of losing her three sons who were born prematurely in 2006, she set out to honour their memory by running a half marathon. Her aim was to raise enough money to enable the Royal Women’s Hospital in Randwick to purchase a single life-saving [...]

Local Premmie Hero Award – Winners!

Posted on May 15 2009 by lilronan

In February 2009 nominations were open to find Australia’s first ever “local premmie heroes”. The awards were created by parents of premature babies as a way to pay tribute and thank the amazing Australian’s who volunteer their time supporting families after the birth of their premature children.
After many nominations and a hard task ahead we [...]

A one to one conversation with Sophie Smith

Posted on May 14 2009 by lilronan

This is a powerful interview between Sophie Brown & Sophie Smith. Thank you to Peter from One to One Conversations for sharing this with us.
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INTERVIEWER: Sophie, thanks for joining us
SOPHIE: It’s a pleasure
INTERVIEWER: Now you have had an incredible life journey first of all, tell us when you fell pregnant with triplets.
SOPHIE: Well, in [...]