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 [...]