With thousands of premature babies born throughout Victoria yearly and in conjunction with National Premmie Day being celebrated on Friday 31st July 2009 three of Victoria’s amazing and dedicated support networks have joined together to help celebrate our little aussie battlers. All run by parents of premature babies themselves, Lifes Little Treasures, L’il Aussie Prems [...]

National Premmie Foundation celebrates National Premmie Day with the Children’s Rose
Purchase a rose for yourself, as a gift for a family member or friend currently in the Neonatal Intensive care unit, or to support the work of the National Premmie Foundation. Then plant your rose and watch it flourish as it flowers and grows over [...]

PRESS RELEASE
From little things,
BIG THINGS GROW
The National Premmie Foundation announces the 3rd Annual National Premmie Day with celebrations occurring Australia wide for the births of our smallest and most vulnerable newborns.
Each year approximately 21,000 newborns are admitted to Special Care Nurseries and Intensive Care units across Australia. July 31 2009 is the day to celebrate [...]

Day 1 19/06/09
Tristan Riley arrived at 10:04am on the 19/06/09 at 34+3 weeks gestation.
Weighing in at a whooping 3090 grams (exactly twice Brendan’s weight) HC 33cms and L 50cms. Apgars of 6:6:8

Labour…
Stage 1: 7 hours
Stage 2: 34 mins
Stage 3: 7 mins
Admitted into SCN 3 (NICU)
Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Ventilated -
CPAP – until 6:15pm
Incubator at 6:30pm
One dose of Caffeine
One [...]