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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
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.
Please visit our supportive forum
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
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
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.
Please visit our supportive forum
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
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
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.
Please visit our supportive forum
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
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
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.
Please visit our supportive forum
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
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
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.
Please visit our supportive forum
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
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
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.
Please visit our supportive forum
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
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
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.
Please visit our supportive forum
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
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
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.
Please visit our supportive forum
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
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
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.
Please visit our supportive forum
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
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
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.
Please visit our supportive forum
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
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
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.
Please visit our supportive forum
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
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
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.
Please visit our supportive forum
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
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
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.
Please visit our supportive forum
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
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
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.
Please visit our supportive forum
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
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
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.
Please visit our supportive forum
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
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
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.
Please visit our supportive forum
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
Honour the memory of your loved one, why not give a Gift of Hope to another family?
Every Gift Of Hope that is donated or sponsored is sent with a special gift tag attached to each journal with the wording
" Donated in Honour of" or "Donated in Memory of"
Premmie Gift of Hope
Yasminah’s Gift Of Hope have been providing unique hand decorated Gift Of Hope Journal’s around Australia since 26th May 2010, exactly 1 year and 2 months after Yasminah was born sleeping at 37 weeks. Rebecca felt the need to develop a unique 'Premmie Gift Of Hope Journal' after her own premature birth experience and felt it was important to have a journal that takes all the hard work away for you to remember special moments and milestones whilst your baby is in hospital. It is prefilled with information for you to 'fill in the blanks'. Whilst also allowing space for photos, cot cards, and hand and foot prints. Most of all it is a journal for you to fill with your own thoughts, feelings, emotions and memories of your child’s journey. A Gift Of Hope. Every Premmie Gift Of Hope is donated in honour of another premature baby.
After the loss of Yasminah, Rebecca gave birth to identical twins Aisha and Aaliyah via emergency caesarean at 31 weeks and 4 days gestation in December 2009 at Westmead Public Hospital, NSW. They spent 3 weeks in neonatal intensive care and 1 week in special care before both coming home in January 2010 after a total 30 and 31 days respectively in hospital. Rebecca describes it as “An overwhelming experience having two little tiny babies totally dependent on machines and the nursing staff caring for them for their survival. We were in an unfamiliar place, watching our daughters hooked up to wires and medical equipment we didn't understand and listening to nurses use medical jargon to describe the care of our babies. Instantly we had to learn new words and terms and adjust to life with babies in hospital, whilst also caring for our 2 year old son at home.” Rebecca has always written in a journal but it was during this time that she knew more than ever how important it was to record her girl’s progress in NICU, the ups and down's of each day and special moments. What if they didn't make it? This would be her only memories of their life. In her own journal Rebecca wrote daily about her baby girl’s progress, visitors and special moments. Each day was filled with a new Hope that Aisha and Aaliyah would grow stronger and hopefully get to come home.
L’il Aussie Prems
L’il Aussie Prems was created by Julia Toivonen in February 2007 who is mum to 3 gorgeous children. Her first son, Ronan, was born at 27+3 weeks in 2006. Through her experience of giving birth so early to Ronan, a year after his 110 day long journey Julia decided to create an online community to reach out to parents and offer support and understanding whether parents are still in the NICU/SCN or at home. To date, the forum has a membership of over 1,700 members with a staggering 300,000 forum posts on support and advice from other families. The website is totally free for families.
Each premature baby has their own life battling experiences. Some will have a harder battle than others, and it can be a constant struggle for the families of a premature baby. Learning to live the next few months or even years at hospital waiting for their precious premature babies to grow big and strong before they can come home can be a lonely experience, let alone trying to function with other aspects of normal life. And this experience can be equally draining on other family members of a premmie parent. L’il Aussie Prems offers support not only to parents but family members as well from the comfort of their own homes.
L’il Aussie Prems was created by just one mum, but the websites ideas and implementations are all through the support and dedication of the members and the valuable assistance they provide. Each member has a voice which is why L’il Aussie Prems is the success it is today. Whilst Julia is one of many parents out there offering support she is humbled to know that she is able to help other families. L’il Aussie Prems is not a registered charity but supports all premmie charities throughout Australia.
It is Julia’s hope that L’il Aussie Prems encourages everyone to share their journey and offer a message of hope and support to help parents. We hope to support you through those hard times, from the early days in hospital to the growing years.
It is our hope that together Yasminah's Gift Of Hope and L'il Aussie Prems can offer a message of support, understanding and a provide a unique Premmie Gift Of Hope Journal to record your babies journey through the rollercoaster ride of the neonatal intensive care unit. We hope that our Gift will become a treasured keepsake of the precious time your child spent in hospital.
Cover artwork kindly commissioned and donated by Belinda Chamberlain
Journal layout and design kindly donated by Debbie from Needeep In Design
The PGOH will be released nationally on November 17th World Prematurity Day
