Premature & Sick Babies

If you have experienced the birth of a premature or sick newborn, you may know first hand how overwhelming and traumatic an experience it can be. Watching your baby struggle for life brings inconceivable highs and lows and can be an extremely difficult time for parents, siblings and the extended family.

In Australia approx 42,000 babies each year require the help of a Neonatal Intensive care Unit or Special Care Nursery and no pregnancy book or birth plan can prepare you for the NICU journey. When your baby is born premature or sick you enter a completely foreign world where every family’s journey is unique and lives are changed permanently.

We hope you find the following resources on premature and sick newborns informative, and that you find support, guidance, confidence and hope.