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Weta Workshop lunch to raise funds
Join Richard and Tania Taylor in the Weta Workshop boardroom for lunch! The Little Miracles Trust is extremely proud and honoured to have Richard and Tania Taylor as our Patrons. They are fantastic supporters of The Little Miracles Trust – very generously giving their time to promote awareness and assist with fundraising activities. We are…
Call for research participants
CAN YOU HELP? PARTICIPANTS REQUIRED FOR RESEARCH PROJECT We are helping with the recruitment of participants for a research project regarding the continuation of care and parental experience of complex premature babies - during their transition from NICU to home. Details are below plus in this PDF if you wanted to print off and/or send to someone…
Research update on NIMO-Rad
NIMO-Rad is nearing completion An update from Dr Maria Saito-Benz, who is a clinical research fellow at the University of Otago, Wellington During their stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) premature babies can receive as many as ten blood transfusions for a common condition called ‘anaemia of prematurity’. In November 2017 a team of…
A Christchurch night out for Neonatal
As told by Alicia Gainsford, Lillys Aunty. On January 10 2018, my sister in law Shannon had a routine midwife appointment which luckily my brother Daniel was home for due to his work being rained off. At this appointment the midwife raised serious concerns for Shannons wellbeing and the possibility she was suffering from preeclampsia.…
Activity across New Zealand in November
AUCKLAND ‘Tea for Tom’ Champagne High Tea 17th November – This year on World Prematurity Day we are hosting a fundraiser in memory of Thomas Gardener. To set the scene we’ll be hosting a vintage-style champagne high tea at the Maritime Museum on Auckland’s waterfront with special guest speakers closely linked to the cause of…
Our story – 12 years on
As told by mum Amanda Our story may be different to many others that you read about. We certainly felt slightly out of place for a time, but then we were reassured and so well cared for by the wonderful team at Christchurch that we soon forgot our initial feelings. My second pregnancy had gone…
Baby Sensory to support The Little Miracles Trust
The Little Miracles Trust is proud to be supported by Baby Sensory To provide support to The Little Miracles Trust, Baby Sensory are planning on running a 'Senseathon' fundraiser in 2019. Watch this space for more details, but for now we can share: The Senseathon will be a fun, themed event run by Baby Sensory. Parents…
Neonatal November 2018
In 2017 we softly launched 'Neonatal November'. One of the key drivers for this was to have a wider period of time to raise awarness of neonatal journeys. In addition, we were conscious that there are many full-term neonatal journeys each year (ie the full-term babies with health issues and/or complications) and we wanted to widen beyond…
Activity across New Zealand in October
AUCKLAND NICU Mums ‘Knit & Natter’ Morning Tea – 2nd, 16th & 30th October 10.30am, Mums Kitchen This is a morning tea for Mums who currently have a baby or babies in the NICU at Auckland hospital. It’s a chance to meet those Mums you often pass in the corridor, plus one of Lactation Consultants comes along to…
Simulators enable enhanced training in Waikato NICU
Special delivery of premature twin simulators to NICU The lives of premature babies, some as small as 500grams are being saved with the help of new premature baby simulators. Premature Anne twin baby manikins were donated to Waikato Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to provide realistic training experiences for medical professionals who work with…
Harrison 21 years later
As told by mum Danielle It has been 21 years since our firstborn, a boy, made his early entrance into the world on the 26th of August, 1997. After going into labour at 24 weeks gestation, I was flown from Marlborough to Wellington and admitted into hospital on complete bed rest. At 27.5 weeks gestation…
Family gives back by donating 68 jumpsuits
Whangarei Special Care Baby Unit has recently been donated almost 70 jumpsuits for thanks to the kindness of the Choi family who wanted to give back after their son Eric was born seven weeks premature. During their stay, they noticed there was a shortage of jumpsuits and decided they could use their business, Kahvi Café as a venue…