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Premmie Parents of the Moment

January 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Premmie Parents of the Moment is a special area where L’il Aussie Prems feature questions for parents and their premature babies. There are many families throughout Australia who have experienced premature birth and we would love to find out more about your babies journey and how you managed as parents with your babies in hospital.

We welcome you to submit details of your journey through the NICU/SCN using our submission form. Please fill in as much detail to each question as possible on our questionaire form. You can also view our latest premmie parents featured on the site.

We look forward to reading further about your journey.

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In 2008 Our Premmie Baby Forum…

January 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Exploded! The forum saw over 400 members join in 2008 alone and on New Years eve we reached over 100,000 posts. It is truly an amazing effort on our members behalves and they have really turned the forum into a community over the past year.

When i started the forum almost 2 years ago it was slow to start with like any forum but over time it grew. I made sure i put the site “out there” not just via online but through other avenue’s. Everyone who i have personally spoken with over time has been very supportive of the site and when they hear how well it is doing they are very suprised, which is a great thing! The forums’ members meet in each state and have formed very solid friendships. Each and every member has a level of understanding whether their premmie baby was born at 23 weeks through to 36 weeks, everyone is very supportive and compassionate to all.

The members have made what L’il Aussie Prems is today and i cannot thank them enough.  I had a vision in 2007 and now the forum has so many families, 2009 will be the year that L’il Aussie Prems shines. We have idea’s coming from left right and centre which hopefully we will be implementing throughout the year.

If you wish to join our premmie baby forum please register today!

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May 2009 Bring….

January 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Happiness and hope to all families of premature babies. We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Years and to those families with babies who were in hospital through these special holidays, we were all thinking of you.

In 2009 L’il Aussie Prems will be highlighting parents of premature babies throughout Australia. We believe that parents are the amazing driving force behind every baby, sitting in the hospital for hours on end or visiting their babies whenever possible, mums expressing tirelessly so their babies can receive the best “medicine” possible for their children, being so strong in their journey to brining their babies home and other families going above and beyond in the cause for helping families and premature babies.

Stay tuned to find out what we are up to early in the New Year!

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Premature Baby Archer

December 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment

A friend of mine Zoe gave birth to her little boy Archer prematurely at 24 weeks in September. Archer has been at Monash Medical Centre for the past 3 months and has overcome many obsticles including a heart operation due to his valve not closing.

When i gave birth to my son, Tristan, back in October i had the pleasure of meeting the now famous little Archer and what a gorgeous little man he is. Like all of us Zoe and her husband Luke, were thrown into the unknown world of having a premature baby and they have both coped amazingly. They are both such strong people and are brilliant parents. They attend to the bedside of Archer each day and thrive in the cuddles they can give their son when he is able to handle them.

When we had a coffee with Zoe and Luke we had a good chat about life in the NICU and about Archers progress. Whilst we could understand their fears, frustration, excitement and thoughts about the road ahead we have no idea how hard their journey has been as both our children were born at different gestations with Ronan being born at 27 weeks. Zoe and Luke both watched the antics that Ronan got up to whilst we were having our coffee and i am sure they can’t wait for Archer to do the same. Archer is doing brilliantly and coming along so well now and we are so proud of Zoe and Luke for being so strong for their little boy even in the down times.

Here is an article regarding the famous little Archer being in Monash for christmas. This article is brilliant and just shows how amazing this special family are.

Herald Sun – Premature Baby Archer A Shining Star This Christmas

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Premmie Baby Forum Blogs

December 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Just recently (yesterday) we added a new feature on the premmie baby forum, blogs!

All forum members have their own personal space for blogging about their premmie babies. Other members can comment on your blog, view photos & more. You also have the option to set your own blogs permissions as to who can view your entries. There is a main blogging index page where you can see the most recent blog entries and comments from other members.

If you wish to use this feature you need to register or be registered on our premature baby forum.

Don’t forget that we have our premmie baby blogging community if you wish to have your own “personal space/website”. You can register for your own blog and get started straight away.

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Latest Premmie Baby Competition

December 4, 2008 By Leave a Comment

The Bub Born Early website is giving away a copy of their latest creation, The BubBE book to one lucky family. The BubBE Book was created by Natasha Bowden to be a guiding hand along the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) journey. It is essentially a baby book for the premature child and their parents, in which all of the unique experiences that come with being born, or having a child, prematurely can be recorded.

To enter this fantastic competition visit the Bub Born Early website, answer the following question and email your answer via their contact us page.

Question: What hospital was the authors premature baby born in?

The competiton closes on Wednesday 17th December 2008.

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