by Justine Brooker | Apr 22, 2022 | Latest News, Personal Stories
Baby Jaye Born: October 2021Weight: 700 gramsGestation: -25 +0 weeks Jaye has one hell of a story to tell she is the strongest little person I’ve ever met. 💜 Jaye was born very early due to my cervix opening, membranes being exposed and in the end infection set...
by Rachel Friend | Mar 30, 2022 | Latest News, Personal Stories
Our daughter Elsie was born on the 26th of October at 8.24pm, weighing 1211 grams at 27+6 weeks gestation. It was discovered I was in premature labour at 27 weeks following a small bleed. Living in Taupō where our hospital does not have the facilities to treat such...
by Justine Brooker | Mar 30, 2022 | Latest News, Personal Stories
As told by Mum, Claire… After an easy and problem-free pregnancy with our daughter in 2018, we were totally shocked when a routine scan at 29 weeks showed our son’s growth had plummeted and there was likely a serious problem. I was told to head straight to...
by Rachel Friend | Mar 1, 2022 | Latest News, Personal Stories
As told by mum, Antonia Unlike most people we know, our journey to have a child wasn’t the stock standard, or the norm, but one thing it has been, is no short of a miracle. After two rounds of IVF and the transfer of 4 embryos, we finally got that amazing...
by Matt Renner | Dec 13, 2021 | Latest News, Personal Stories
I had my baby Desiigner Te Rauwhero Steven Heitia born @ 30 weeks gestation weighing 1905 grams in Waikato Hospital in August 2021. On this day was the 19th anniversary of the passing of my great grandmother & members of my family saw this as rebirth. During this...
by Matt Renner | Nov 26, 2021 | Latest News, Personal Stories
Our wee girl Clare Louise was born in August 2012 nine weeks premature (31 weeks) in Wellington Hospital. Her brother was born at 37 weeks in 2010 by emergency c-section. When pregnant with Clare in 2012, at approx 27 weeks, Mum started bleeding and spent a few days...
