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Helping to save little lives
Claire Goodger may be terrified of needles and feel woozy at the sight of blood but it hasn’t stopped her from entering the profession she’s so passionate about. The 28-year-old is a staff nurse at Wellington Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit which provides intensive and specialist care for extremely premature infants through to full-term infants.…
Premature birth is a family affair
World Prematurity Day was celebrated in Hawke’s Bay Hospital’s SCBU with a specially provided morning tea. Amy Lynch and Bridget Ball whose son was born premature, were on hand to do the honours. Read more about the celebrations here.
Tiny survivor defies the odds
Ahead of World Prematurity Day, Sean Flaherty from the Otago Daily Times visited Dunedin Hospital's NICU where the region's smallest and most vulnerable babies are cared for. Read Honour, Rosa and Wila's stories here.
Frankie's story
32 weeks, 1004 grams After a perfectly straightforward pregnancy and a birth that went so smoothly we were able to take our first daughter home three hours after she was born, we were expecting a similar story for our much wanted second pregnancy. How wrong we were. Our stressful time began when I was about…
Father relives his experience with the premature arrival of his daughter
Read all about the Krstic's family story, an Australian father and daughter who were both born prematurely and their efforts to raise awareness about prematurity. Find this amazing article here: http://goo.gl/OEzA96
Family Fun Day in Queenstown
The Queenstown Premature and Neonatal Babies Support Group are holding a family fun day fundraiser for Neonatal and Premature Babies, to coincide with World Prematurity Day. Come along and enjoy facepainting, a bake sale, mainly music and more!! The event will be held on Sunday 16 November, 10am-2pm at Lake Hayes Estate Playground. All the…
Hamilton Community Hero – Tracy Thompson
Tracy Thompson is a Neonatal Homecare Nurse with the Waikato Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and spends much of her time travelling in the huge Waikato DBH region to provide continued care and monitoring at home for babies born prematurely. She was recently noted as a Community Hero in the Hamilton Press. Read more about…
Violet's early arrival
***In an incredible display of support, Jane Blackmore and her Gallery partner Juliet Best are supporting The Little Miracles Trust with their exhibition that runs 8 - 22 November. The Little Miracles Trust will receive 15% of sales from the exhibition. This is in addition to supporting our 'Evening with Richard Taylor'event on 6th November! …
A little bit of special care
North Shore Hospital's Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) seems peaceful and calm but looks can be deceiving. Paediatrician Bobby Tsang has been working in this unit for 11 years and says dealing with these fragile children can be incredibly intense. ‘‘There are about 3000 deliveries a year . . . 300 come through the unit…
**Updated** Nurse Practitioner at Waikato Hospital **winner** in Kudos Awards
Deborah Harris, PhD and Nurse Practitioner at Waikato Hospital, won the Gallagher Medical Science Award at the Kudos Awards. The Kudos Awards support and recognise outstanding achievement in scientific research and innovation from the Waikato region. Deborah’s research focused on neonatal hypoglycaemia (low blood glucose concentrations), a common problem in new-born babies that can lead…
Walker goes viral
Jared and Erica Pruett love their new life as parents, but it hasn’t been an easy journey for them. Their 5-month-old son, Walker, was born 14 weeks premature on 25th April weighing in at 590grams and whilst Walker may be little, he has made quite the reputation for himself. Their roller coaster of…
Caleb 14 years later
Caleb Back is a living miracle. He and his twin brother Joshua were born 10 weeks premature. At birth, Caleb was severely underweight at only 800 grams due to twin to twin transfusion syndrome where the twins receive an unequal share of nutrients which affects their growth. That was 14 years ago. …