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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

MY MIDWIFE TOLD ME I HAD A UTI, 1 HOUR LATER MY WATERS BROKE !!! My name is Hannah, I am 27 years old and I'd love you to meet my little warrior, Logan, born at 24 weeks 6 days weighing 736grams and here is our story. For years I suffered from severe periods that...

As told by Mum, Pip. “Your baby is measuring approximately 500grams and will be delivered in the next 48 hours”….. Due to severe Pre-Eclampsia, our baby needed to be born urgently, to save not only her but also myself. We were flown from Palmerston North Hospital...

As told by Mum, Kirsty. I’ll never forget the words “you’re going to have this baby in the next 48 hours, but probably tonight”  It had all been trucking along nicely; easy conception, no morning sickness and barely any weight gain. A pretty smooth pregnancy. The...

As told by mum, Melissa. At twenty weeks pregnant we were excited for our first real growth scan and to find out the gender of our baby. We had planned to have lunch and open the envelope together. I vividly remember the scan taking forever. Seeing the sonographer...