Our premmie forum has become one of Australia’s busiest support communities for premature babies families & friends. Our forum has a member base of over 630 members from Australia and beyond so you can be sure to find other premmie parents in your state or even parents who had their premmie babies at the same […]

After almost 2 years our website has a totally new look! Our premmie support website is much more easy to follow and looks great. With everything now at your fingertips you can see why it has attracted much more reading on our site.
Everything that was on the website is still available to view including our […]

We have just introduced a new area on the forum for premmie parent diaries. They are similar to a blog but are kept on the forum so you can share with forum friends what has been happening with your premature baby. You can start threads on your premmie baby, premature birth, family life, your premmies […]

This Friday is National Premmie Day!
Being apart of the premmie foundations committee we have been working on this day since last year and time certainly does fly! We have received A LOT of support from businesse, other parenting websites, the media and families which have all been fantastic.
Being a parent to a premature baby i […]

Lily, Ruby, Maddie and their mum Lucinda
Where was Lily born?
Lily was born at the John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle. I was transferred there from North Gosford Private once they realized there were complications. We also spent a week in the Childrens Hospital at Westmead while she underwent cardiac surgery for a Patent Ductus Arteriosus.
What was her […]

When you have a premature baby, suddenly you find yourself in an unfamiliar hospital environment where staff talk about medical conditions you may never have heard of before. L’il Aussie Prems is pleased to bring you a series of short articles which aim to explain some of the conditions which affect premature babies. You […]

Charli and her mum Jodie
Where was Charli born?
At Canberra hospital by emergency caesarean. I did have a drug free water birth planned but I guess things don’t always go as planned.
What was her gestation?
31 weeks + 4 days
And her birth weight?
800g, less than half of what it should be for her gestation.
How did it […]

It has been announced that the next National Premmie Day is Friday 25th July 2008! This is very exciting news and this gives everyone plenty of time to organise their gorgeous premature babies and hold an event in their area.
National Premmie Day is a day to celebrate all of those amazing premature babies out there […]

Each month we feature one of our members’ special premature babies so we can learn more about their amazing journey through NICU. This month we would like to introduce;
Hunter and his mother Racheal
Where was Hunter born? Hunter was born at the Royal Womens in Melbourne, but was transferred when he was 1 week old to […]

You may remember me writing that I was nominated for “Volunteer of the Year” with my local council a few months ago. Well the award ceremony was held on Australia day and after having a lovely breakfast it was time to announce the award. They went through each nominee’s achievements and the other nominee’s were […]