Elsie’s NICU Journey
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...
Laurences Story
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...
Thanks to National Storage Newtown!
We really appreciate the generosity of Paul and the team at National Storage in Newtown, who sponsored a storage unit for us recently. Paul is the Dad of 2 NICU grads, so has first hand experience of the support of our Wellington team....
Antonia’s Story
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...
Baby Sensory Fundraiser: Superhero Senseathon 2022
The Little Miracles Trust is priviledged to have the support of Baby Sensory For some time, we've been working together and sharing information to help those on a neonatal journey. Using their research based material, we've co-produced support material: The first...
Harmony’s Story
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...
Christmas 2021 Newsletter
Kia ora! As always, I hope this newsletter finds you and your whanau well and looking forward to some sunshine over the summer, wherever you are in Aotearoa New Zealand. This will be our last newsletter for the year and what a year it has been - again! The...
Clare’s Story
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...
Cushla’s Story
In 2016 I lost my baby at 13 weeks and even though I was a teenager, I spent years trying to conceive again after that and it just wasn't happening for my partner and me. I felt hopeless and broken and eventually gave up trying and then all of my dreams came true...
Zowie’s Story
I knew there were premature babies, but I never thought it would happen to me. I actually thought the opposite would happen - he’d stay in there for 42 weeks and need to be evicted! So when I reached 29 weeks and got “a show”, then started getting tummy ache that...