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Our Little Miracle – Ryleigh’s Story
As told by her parents Shayla and Mack, Our journey into parenthood wasn't quite what we had imagined. In February 2025, our beautiful little girl, Ryleigh, made her entrance into the world 10 weeks earlier than expected, at just 30 weeks gestation. During pregnancy, Shayla developed severe, early-onset pre-eclampsia. Ryleigh was also diagnosed with IUGR. …
Sadie-Jane – A Week We’ll Never Forget
Our Sadie-Jane arrived at 38 weeks weighing 2,340g (5lb 3oz). On day five, she was admitted to NICU after struggling with feeding and losing 10% of her birth weight, dropping to 2,100g. We spent seven days in the unit, initially with Sadie-Jane being fed through a nasogastric tube before she slowly progressed to full feeds.…
Felix and Freya: Our Sunrise and Sunset Twins
Trigger warning : This story discusses baby loss / twin loss / loss during pregnancy As told by mum, Eleanor. I have polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) also known as polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) and conceived dichorionic diamniotic (di-di) twins with the help of letrozole. At 20 weeks we found out that they were boy /…
112 Days That Changed Us Forever
We have had two premature babies, born just over three years apart. Although both of our boys arrived far earlier than we ever expected, their journeys into the world were completely different. Our first son was born at 32+3 weeks, weighing 1,459g, after I developed sudden, severe pre-eclampsia. One minute, everything felt normal, then suddenly, it…
Felix- Our Teeny Little Super Guy- 32+2
As told by mum, Melissa. At twenty weeks pregnant we were excited for our first real growth scan and to find out the gender of our baby. We had planned to have lunch and open the envelope together. I vividly remember the scan taking forever. Seeing the sonographer go over and over the long and…
Luqman: A Different Journey
It was October 2025. We had our five-year-old, who was getting ready to start Year One, and our 15-month-old — our little ex-26-week preemie. I was still enjoying our breastfeeding journey, and we were simply soaking up life with our two girls, watching them grow and reach new milestones. And then we found out exactly…
Dua-Anisha: Our Tiny Warrior
On January 30th, 2024, we found out we were pregnant with our second baby. After experiencing an early miscarriage the year before, seeing those two lines felt like the biggest blessing we could ever have asked for. We already had our beautiful three-year-old little princess, and from the moment Aamir and I saw that positive…
Maryam: Our First Little Miracle
Mum Zeenat and Dad Aamir Ali were expecting their very first baby on December 21st, 2020. She was their little COVID baby. Pregnancy came with all the nausea, exhaustion and everything else that comes with growing a tiny human, but through it all, Mum and Dad were overjoyed — especially when they found out they…
Our Journey with Oscar
Our first born, Oscar, was born on the 22nd of August 2025 at 32 weeks and 4 days. Without warning, my waters prematurely ruptured at work the day prior. Despite attempts to stop labour, Oscar decided he didn’t want to wait. He was born weighing 2232g. He spent the first night on the ventilator and…
From NICU to Home: Charlie and Blake’s Story
Our journey with our boys began a little earlier than we ever imagined. At 29 weeks pregnant, I was admitted to Auckland Women's Hospital wither hypertension, growth restriction and abnormal dopplers for Twin 2, our little Blake. After three long weeks of monitoring and waiting the boys decided it was time to make their arrival…
Our story – Archer
Trigger warning - this story discusses baby loss. Our son was induced at Wellington Hospital at 38 weeks due to my high blood pressure. Throughout the pregnancy I commented to anyone who listened that my son was very quiet. ‘Oh’, they would all say ‘Aren’t you glad you’re having a quiet child after your [very…
One In Ten Podcast
Each year, one in ten babies in Aotearoa New Zealand begins life in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU). One in Ten is a podcast that gives you a glimpse into this world – bringing to light the experiences of the whānau we support, the dedicated neonatal teams who…