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A World Cup Miracle – Cameron’s story
Deanna and Ben Sigmund: Fully Committed Supporters and VolunteersSince experiencing their neonatal journey detailed below, Deanna and Ben Sigmund have been incredible supporters in a number of different ways. From help with collections, sorting knitted items, media work for promotions - you name it, a request for help was never too much hassle. The…
Vinnie's Story
41 weeks 3 days, 3780 grams The birth of our baby boy was an even greater life-changing event than I could have ever anticipated. I had a healthy and unremarkable pregnancy. During my drug-free labour in a birthing pool my waters broke and meconium was visible. I was immediately pulled out of the water and…
Luca's story
27 weeks, 960 grams Luca was born at 27 weeks, 960gms, with no time for steroids for lung development. I had a heart shaped uterus, and because of this shape and where Luca was sited, he ran out of space, hence the early delivery. He was put on a ventilator for the first 8 hours,…
Miss Bebich's running race
Alana Bebich is a teacher at Ponsonby Primary School in Auckland and now a Neonatal Hero! She has a delightful class of engaging and bright students, one of whom is Jack who was born at 24 weeks. As Alana has learned more about Jack and his amazing journey, she has decided that on 2 November…
Inara Herdmans Tube feeding story
Inara Herdman was born via c-section almost a month early in September 2010, and survived a Severe Rightsided Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH). Given a 5 percent chance of survival throughout the pregnancy and birth, she then overcame a major surgery to repair her diaphragm at 10 days old and spent a total of 62 days in…
Famous Prems
Prematurity isn't a new thing and in fact some famous names and high achievers had a premature start to life. Some were born centuries ago and battled incredible odds to survive in the first place given the conditions and views at the time. Some of the many famous Prems include: Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder was…
Kayla's story
24 weeks & 5 days, 545 grams After moving back from the UK, my partner and I were recently engaged, and were thinking about starting a family. I have Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), so after meeting with my Renal Specialist to discuss pregnancy with CKD, I changed to more ‘pregnancy friendly’ medications, and was told…
Iain's Story
24 weeks Iain was born at 24 weeks after several months of a difficult pregnancy. His two older siblings were born at 42 and 43 weeks, so I was completely shocked at his birth, this 24 week stuff was ridiculous - this kind of thing doesn’t happen to us. We were overwhelmed by the whole…
Premature twins stuck in limbo
Julia Carter, a New Zealander who is living in Australia, was just 24 weeks pregnant with twins when she went into labour while on holiday in Nelson, just before Christmas. Her twins were supposed to be born in Australia this month. Instead they were born in Wellington Hospital in December and they must stay in…
Waimate, a town of Neonatal Heroes
Sarah Wilson and Trish Lapthorn are sisters from the small town of Waimate in the South Island. Both had a neonatal experience and wanted to give back to acknowledge the support received. In February 2011 Sarah Wilson gave birth to twin girls Isla and Alice at 24 weeks and 3 days gestation. The twins spent…
Brody Sheppard arrives back home
Brody Sheppard is doing what any newborn should, even though his due date is not for another three weeks. At 8 weeks old, Brody went home for the first time yesterday, after arriving almost three months premature in a dramatic early arrival. His mum, Jamie-Lee Graham, and dad, Dion Sheppard, were overjoyed to be taking…
The face of Facebook – Debbie Sinclair
We thought it would be useful to introduce you to Debbie Sinclair - our Facebook page administrator. Many of you will have read Debbie’s updates on Facebook. My name is Debbie Sinclair, I am married to David, together we have three children Mark aged 21 years, Kelly aged 10 years and Andrew aged 9 years. …