Well we finally have our facebook page up and running. It was created some time ago but it was a little delayed! We invite you to become a fan!
L’il Aussie Prems has fast become the premier support for families with premature babies throughout Australia.
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!
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.
Premmie Birth Announcements are now available online to all families of premature babies throughout Australia. We welcome all parents, grandparents, friends and relatives to submit the birth of their babies who either just entered into this world or were born some time ago, there is no time limit. L’il Aussie Prems realises how special all premmie baby’s are and encourage you to announce the birth of your little miracle.
To enter your little premmies birth announcement please visit our Premmie Birth Announcementspage. You may also view our Premmie Birth Announcements List.
Congratulations and we look forward to sharing your premmie babies birth with you.
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.
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 hospital as you.
Our forum offers families support, understanding, parenting advice, hope, friendship and networking. Our members have many “meet ups” with other parents in the same state and some parents have even started their own premmie morning teas due to the lack of support in their area.
There are many areas on the forum where you can write about your premature babies and their journey. We have parents with premmie babies in NICU, SCN, high risk pregnancies, babies who have just gone home to premmie babies who are toddlers and in school so you can be assured that there are parents who understand your situation.
We have a specific area on the forum where you can write about your premature babies journey whilst going through NICU/SCN, you can have your very own parent diary, write about your babies milestone achievements or delays, post photos of your gorgeous children, ask questions or talk about your premmie baby in our specific gestation areas. There are specific areas when you can chat to parents who have had a premature baby between 23 – 26 weeks, 27 – 30 weeks, 31 – 34 weeks, 35 weeks +.
We look forward to seeing you on the premmie forum and becoming apart of our free fantastic premmie parent community.
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