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There are roughly 10 times more stillborn babies than babies who die of SIDS each year, yet this statistic hasn't changed for years. That's roughly 2000 babies a year or six a day in Australia

Worldwide, 13 million babies are born early every year, including more than 45,000 Australian babies who are admitted to neonatal intensive care or special care units.

Preterm birth, birth before 37 weeks gestation, is the leading cause of newborn death, and babies who survive an early birth often face the risk of lifetime health challenges, such as breathing problems, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities and others

1 in 4 pregnancies in Australia ends in miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death

There are roughly 10 times more stillborn babies than babies who die of SIDS each year, yet this statistic hasn't changed for years. That's roughly 2000 babies a year or six a day in Australia

Worldwide, 13 million babies are born early every year, including more than 45,000 Australian babies who are admitted to neonatal intensive care or special care units.

Preterm birth, birth before 37 weeks gestation, is the leading cause of newborn death, and babies who survive an early birth often face the risk of lifetime health challenges, such as breathing problems, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities and others

1 in 4 pregnancies in Australia ends in miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death

There are roughly 10 times more stillborn babies than babies who die of SIDS each year, yet this statistic hasn't changed for years. That's roughly 2000 babies a year or six a day in Australia

Worldwide, 13 million babies are born early every year, including more than 45,000 Australian babies who are admitted to neonatal intensive care or special care units.

Preterm birth, birth before 37 weeks gestation, is the leading cause of newborn death, and babies who survive an early birth often face the risk of lifetime health challenges, such as breathing problems, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities and others

1 in 4 pregnancies in Australia ends in miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death

There are roughly 10 times more stillborn babies than babies who die of SIDS each year, yet this statistic hasn't changed for years. That's roughly 2000 babies a year or six a day in Australia

Worldwide, 13 million babies are born early every year, including more than 45,000 Australian babies who are admitted to neonatal intensive care or special care units.

Preterm birth, birth before 37 weeks gestation, is the leading cause of newborn death, and babies who survive an early birth often face the risk of lifetime health challenges, such as breathing problems, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities and others

1 in 4 pregnancies in Australia ends in miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death

There are roughly 10 times more stillborn babies than babies who die of SIDS each year, yet this statistic hasn't changed for years. That's roughly 2000 babies a year or six a day in Australia

Worldwide, 13 million babies are born early every year, including more than 45,000 Australian babies who are admitted to neonatal intensive care or special care units.

Preterm birth, birth before 37 weeks gestation, is the leading cause of newborn death, and babies who survive an early birth often face the risk of lifetime health challenges, such as breathing problems, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities and others

1 in 4 pregnancies in Australia ends in miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death

There are roughly 10 times more stillborn babies than babies who die of SIDS each year, yet this statistic hasn't changed for years. That's roughly 2000 babies a year or six a day in Australia

Worldwide, 13 million babies are born early every year, including more than 45,000 Australian babies who are admitted to neonatal intensive care or special care units.

Preterm birth, birth before 37 weeks gestation, is the leading cause of newborn death, and babies who survive an early birth often face the risk of lifetime health challenges, such as breathing problems, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities and others

1 in 4 pregnancies in Australia ends in miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death

There are roughly 10 times more stillborn babies than babies who die of SIDS each year, yet this statistic hasn't changed for years. That's roughly 2000 babies a year or six a day in Australia

Worldwide, 13 million babies are born early every year, including more than 45,000 Australian babies who are admitted to neonatal intensive care or special care units.

Preterm birth, birth before 37 weeks gestation, is the leading cause of newborn death, and babies who survive an early birth often face the risk of lifetime health challenges, such as breathing problems, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities and others

1 in 4 pregnancies in Australia ends in miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death

There are roughly 10 times more stillborn babies than babies who die of SIDS each year, yet this statistic hasn't changed for years. That's roughly 2000 babies a year or six a day in Australia

Worldwide, 13 million babies are born early every year, including more than 45,000 Australian babies who are admitted to neonatal intensive care or special care units.

Preterm birth, birth before 37 weeks gestation, is the leading cause of newborn death, and babies who survive an early birth often face the risk of lifetime health challenges, such as breathing problems, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities and others

1 in 4 pregnancies in Australia ends in miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death

There are roughly 10 times more stillborn babies than babies who die of SIDS each year, yet this statistic hasn't changed for years. That's roughly 2000 babies a year or six a day in Australia

Worldwide, 13 million babies are born early every year, including more than 45,000 Australian babies who are admitted to neonatal intensive care or special care units.

Preterm birth, birth before 37 weeks gestation, is the leading cause of newborn death, and babies who survive an early birth often face the risk of lifetime health challenges, such as breathing problems, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities and others

1 in 4 pregnancies in Australia ends in miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death

There are roughly 10 times more stillborn babies than babies who die of SIDS each year, yet this statistic hasn't changed for years. That's roughly 2000 babies a year or six a day in Australia

Worldwide, 13 million babies are born early every year, including more than 45,000 Australian babies who are admitted to neonatal intensive care or special care units.

Preterm birth, birth before 37 weeks gestation, is the leading cause of newborn death, and babies who survive an early birth often face the risk of lifetime health challenges, such as breathing problems, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities and others

1 in 4 pregnancies in Australia ends in miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death

There are roughly 10 times more stillborn babies than babies who die of SIDS each year, yet this statistic hasn't changed for years. That's roughly 2000 babies a year or six a day in Australia

Worldwide, 13 million babies are born early every year, including more than 45,000 Australian babies who are admitted to neonatal intensive care or special care units.

Preterm birth, birth before 37 weeks gestation, is the leading cause of newborn death, and babies who survive an early birth often face the risk of lifetime health challenges, such as breathing problems, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities and others

1 in 4 pregnancies in Australia ends in miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death

There are roughly 10 times more stillborn babies than babies who die of SIDS each year, yet this statistic hasn't changed for years. That's roughly 2000 babies a year or six a day in Australia

Worldwide, 13 million babies are born early every year, including more than 45,000 Australian babies who are admitted to neonatal intensive care or special care units.

Preterm birth, birth before 37 weeks gestation, is the leading cause of newborn death, and babies who survive an early birth often face the risk of lifetime health challenges, such as breathing problems, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities and others

1 in 4 pregnancies in Australia ends in miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death

There are roughly 10 times more stillborn babies than babies who die of SIDS each year, yet this statistic hasn't changed for years. That's roughly 2000 babies a year or six a day in Australia

Worldwide, 13 million babies are born early every year, including more than 45,000 Australian babies who are admitted to neonatal intensive care or special care units.

Preterm birth, birth before 37 weeks gestation, is the leading cause of newborn death, and babies who survive an early birth often face the risk of lifetime health challenges, such as breathing problems, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities and others

1 in 4 pregnancies in Australia ends in miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death

There are roughly 10 times more stillborn babies than babies who die of SIDS each year, yet this statistic hasn't changed for years. That's roughly 2000 babies a year or six a day in Australia

Worldwide, 13 million babies are born early every year, including more than 45,000 Australian babies who are admitted to neonatal intensive care or special care units.

Preterm birth, birth before 37 weeks gestation, is the leading cause of newborn death, and babies who survive an early birth often face the risk of lifetime health challenges, such as breathing problems, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities and others

1 in 4 pregnancies in Australia ends in miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death

There are roughly 10 times more stillborn babies than babies who die of SIDS each year, yet this statistic hasn't changed for years. That's roughly 2000 babies a year or six a day in Australia

Worldwide, 13 million babies are born early every year, including more than 45,000 Australian babies who are admitted to neonatal intensive care or special care units.

Preterm birth, birth before 37 weeks gestation, is the leading cause of newborn death, and babies who survive an early birth often face the risk of lifetime health challenges, such as breathing problems, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities and others

1 in 4 pregnancies in Australia ends in miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death

There are roughly 10 times more stillborn babies than babies who die of SIDS each year, yet this statistic hasn't changed for years. That's roughly 2000 babies a year or six a day in Australia

Worldwide, 13 million babies are born early every year, including more than 45,000 Australian babies who are admitted to neonatal intensive care or special care units.

Preterm birth, birth before 37 weeks gestation, is the leading cause of newborn death, and babies who survive an early birth often face the risk of lifetime health challenges, such as breathing problems, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities and others

1 in 4 pregnancies in Australia ends in miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death


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Look Closely

"Look closely, we aren't just mums and dads. Look closer; we may seem like just a neighbour,

a person walking down the street or someone driving past. But look close. Real close. You will

see that behind our smiling eyes, holds a story, a story so sad yet so powerful that no one could

guess the journey that we have had.

 

Look closer and they may see out tear stained face, more wrinkles, more withdrawn,

but yet relief, joy, and so much love that washes everything else away.

 

Look closer and our eyes may tell you what happened, but some may not. For those

who do tell, it may be a quick story, hoping that tears don't form from the memories.

For those who don't, the wounds may still be too deep to have healed . Don't judge.

 

Look closer and you may see the fear on our faces when our waters broke too early,

we started bleeding or the words of a Doctor "Now, they need to come out now."

 

Look closer and you may see the joy on some faces when they heard a cry, the sadness

when they didn't and those of us who just woke up in an empty room.

 

Look closely and you may see the shock on our faces when they announce 1300g, 750g, 570g, 380g ...

But they will fight.

 

Look closely when we see our babies for the first time, tubes, oh so many tubes, wires...

Everywhere, the ache of wanting to hold, to touch, to kiss.

 

Look closely and see as the days become weeks and weeks become months,

but we are always side by side.

 

Look closely when a gram becomes grams and cm becomes cm’s. Every day we wait

patiently for a weigh in, a shouting cheer for those good days, a silent weep for the bad.

 

Look closely and you will see the joy of one step forward and the anger of two steps back.

Every tube out, every wire off, every ml of extra milk, every kiss and every cuddle.

 

Look closely and you will see the joy of leaving what we knew as home, with our babies

in our arms, people congratulate us on our newborn, only to be told they are in fact weeks or

months old.

 

Look closely and you will understand why alcohol wipes are on hand, that we stay

home maybe too often, that you may have a simple cold but you are told to stay away,

and hospital and doctors visits are always too frequent.

 

Look closely, we are the lucky ones, not the ones to feel sorry for. We were given a life to

make us who we are. Selfish, harder and stronger, yet selfless, soft and weak. They showed

us how life can be taken for granted, that something so small is worth fighting for.

They showed us the greater side of love.

 

So the next time you may look closely, remember you may never see our tears flow,

but they flow too often, not from fear any more but from the love of our little miracles."

Author Unknown

 

 

 

A Daddies Poem

 

Time stands still, the day has arrived
A baby born early, has he survived
Emotions are torn, what should I do
Lost in a world that's so new to you

 

The baby is rushed in to NICU care
Mum on a table, it doesn't seem fair
A mother and baby, two floors apart
Separated by distance, connected by heart

 

You stand on the outside as the scene flashes by
The team go to work, don't let him die
Tubes and machines keep him alive
You pray for a miracle, let him survive

 

The doctors they tell you, prepare for the worst
Your world tears apart your dreams are immersed
He is far to small, he has a battle ahead
You search for some hope in the eyes of the Ped

 

The day turns to night and the team goes away
A doctor and nurse are the only to stay
The clock goes so slowly yet the hours still pass
You try to reach out to that face behind the glass

 

Your life is the monitor you watch every beat
You watch every breath, you don't leave your seat
You don't leave his side he is your blood and your life
You would give your left arm and so would your wife.

 

A fathers pain is hard yet it only seems token
Compared to a Mums who lays battered and broken
Her dream has been robbed and so has her joy
Her only lifes wish is to hold her new boy

 

As night starts to deepen you to start to reflect
Your start to question what to expect
You try to reason you try to make sense
You feel joy yet your pain is intense

 

The longest night in history draws to a close
The day that stood still the day where time froze
The smallest human you have ever seen
So tough, so hard, courage unseen

 

Hours become days and days become weeks
Weeks become months, with falls and peaks
The road is long the journey is hard
The climb is tough your mind is scarred

 

But your family and friends are there, you’re not alone
You soldier on regardless as NICU becomes your home
Those brilliant doctors and staff are there on your ride
With those Angels of MERCY there at your side

 

How can one so little be so tough and brave
And defy all the odds that once looked so grave
A heart the size of the MCG in a body built so small
He took on every challenge and answered every call

 

Sometimes when he is sleeping I sit there at his side
And appreciate every second and watch him with such pride
Our boy came home, his battle was hard, the lucky we were among
Some Angels stay there forever, forever they are young

Sean Simpson 2007

 

 

 

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