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Tristan’s NICU/SCN Journey
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 ...
Media Release: Mother of triplets sets the pace to win Australia’s first Local Premmie Hero award
Sophie Smith is an inspirational mother. After enduring the enormous personal tragedy of losing her three sons who were born prematurely in 2006, she set out to honour their memory by running a half marathon. Her aim was to raise enough money to enable the Royal Women’s Hospital in Randwick to purchase a single life-saving ...
Local Premmie Hero Award – Winners!
In February 2009 nominations were open to find Australia’s first ever “local premmie heroes”. The awards were created by parents of premature babies as a way to pay tribute and thank the amazing Australian’s who volunteer their time supporting families after the birth of their premature children.
After many nominations and a hard task ahead we ...
A one to one conversation with Sophie Smith
This is a powerful interview between Sophie Brown & Sophie Smith. Thank you to Peter from One to One Conversations for sharing this with us.
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INTERVIEWER: Sophie, thanks for joining us
SOPHIE: It’s a pleasure
INTERVIEWER: Now you have had an incredible life journey first of all, tell us when you fell pregnant with triplets.
SOPHIE: Well, in ...
AnEdge Designs
AnEdge Designs was created by a mum to two premature babies. Hunter was born at 35 weeks & Deegan was born at 32 weeks. Rachael has a passion for graphic design work and now creates beautiful work for her clients. She uses her creative skills and offers invitation designs, web-banners, business cards, brochures, flyers and ...
Eileen is a Treasure in many ways
Eileen from Bracken Ridge, is a mum living in a busy world consumed with helping families of premature babies for the past 10 years throughout Queensland.
Eileen has been a committee member of Preterm Infants Parent Association (PIPA) since the birth of her first son, William was born 11 weeks early 12 years ago, now has ...