If you would like to talk to someone on a confidentital basis about any of your concerns or just want a chat, you can contact us and we will forward the details of the parent who have varied experiences with prem babies:

Mother: Anne- Marie
Baby: Hannah
Born: 24wks 5 days
Details: Weighing 675gms, haemorraging and infection behind placenta
Suburb: Ascot Vale

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Mother: Parool
Baby: Luke
Born: 27wks
Details: 915gms, apnoea and Bradycardia, delay in gross motor Development
Suburb: Armadale

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Mother: Shusannah
Baby: Molly-Rose
Born: 25 weeks
Details: IVF with complications, hospitalised for term of pregnancy, severe haemorraging. Chronic lung,respiratory & feeding issues, Stage 4 ROP &complications. Home on oxygen
Suburb: Malvern

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Mother: Allison
Baby: Twins
Born: 26 weeks
Details: 955grms & 915grms, home oxy, chronic lung, Mild, Cerebral P, glasses
Suburb: Sunbury

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Mother: Janelle
Baby: Twins
Born: 24.5 wks
Details: Loss of twin next day, general issues of a very prem baby, chronic lung, ROP, PDA, A& B’s
Suburb: Seabrook

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Mother: Michelle
Baby: Hayley
Born: 24wks 2 days
Details: 658 gms Cervical Incompetence, went into hospital at 22 weeks, stayed in bed until delivery. Chronic Lung Disease. Came home on oxygen and apnoea monitor.
Suburb: Gowanbrae

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Mother: Wendy
Baby: Sophie Louise
Born: 24wks
Details: 585gms Spontaneous labour due to bicornuate Uterus. Feeding issues, long term Expressing
Suburb: Macedon

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Mother: Karin
Baby: Robbie
Born: 32wks
Details: emergency c-section weighing 1334g due to severe pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome suffered IUGR and sepsis infection. Gross motor isssues requiring physio
Suburb: Croydon

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Mother: Genieve
Baby: Lucy & Charlie Brown
Born: 31wks
Details: 680 & 1610gms. Admitted to hospital at 29 weeks,severe hemorrhaging, pre eclampsia. Gave birth by emergency c section. nuemothorax and tongue tie, A&B’s, blood transfusion, ngt feeding.Developmental delay in speech and processing skills
Suburb: Wangaratta

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Mother: Julia
Baby: Ronan
Born: 27wks 3 days
Details: 1140gms, born due to PPROM & Spontanious Labour. Chronic Lung Disease, PDA, Hernia, Jaundice. On oxygen for 3 months, came home off all oxygen. Spent 110 days in hospital.
Suburb: Wantirna

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Mother: Emma
Baby: Lily & Charlotte
Born: Twins born at 24wks 5days
Details: 685grams & 667grams. Chronic lung, A’s & B’s
Suburb: Hoppers Crossing