Rosanna Davison urges public to acknowledge challenges faced by premature babies and their parents
The model shared a post to mark World Prematurity Day. Rosanna Davison has urged her fans to acknowledge the challenges faced by premature babies and their parents. Taking to Instagram, Rosanna shared a throwback image from the day of her final routine scan while pregnant with her boys, Hugo and Oscar, as well as a […]
5 years ago
Former Rotunda preemie shares heartwarming throwback reenactment photos
This is so sweet. Today is World Prematurity Day and is a time to celebrate all of the incredible premature babies born every year. The day is also to raise awareness of pre term birth and fundraise for our tiniest infants. One of those tiny infants back in the day was Francis Meehan, who was […]
5 years ago
Preemie expected to be born brain dead at 23 weeks now taking first steps
“He’s continued to surprise us.” A premature baby who doctors expected to be stillborn or born brain dead is now an adventurous one-year-old taking his first steps. Little Isaiah Rhodes, from North West Queensland in Australia, was born fighting at 23 weeks’ gestation. Mum Jillian Martin was put in her hospital’s stillborn ward and told to […]
5 years ago
8 ways to help form a bond between preemies and their older siblings
Having a baby in the NICU is a distressing time for parents, and sometimes sibling and their needs can sometimes be a little neglected in the turmoil surrounding a premature birth. Encouraging bonds to form between preemies and their siblings requires extra thought and consideration when a baby is receiving neonatal care, because the baby […]
5 years ago
“You recognise the fear, but you can’t let it consume you” – Lisa Jordan on having a premature baby
Today marks World Prematurity Day. Every year, across the world, around 15 million babies are born prematurely, and 4500 of these early births happen right here in Ireland. Luckily, thanks to advances in medical science, survival rates of these little fighters are increasing every year, and last year, some new research carried out by the […]
6 years ago
Irish Neonatal Health Alliance launch ‘Pledge Cards’ to support families
A fantastic initiative. Today is World Prematurity Day. To mark the day the Irish Neonatal Health Alliance (INHA) and WaterWipes launch ‘Pledge Cards’, a new initiative that allows family and friends of parents of premature babies to pledge their support by doing simple gestures that have a big impact. Almost 4,500 babies are born prematurely […]
6 years ago