Miracle Babies Foundation supports premature and sick newborns, their families and the hospitals that care for them. Every year in Australia around 48,000 newborn babies require the help of a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or Special Care Nursery (SCN). 27,000 of these babies are born premature and up to 1,000 babies lose their fight for life.

For families, the experience of having a baby come into the world not as expected or planned is life changing. Without support, this overwhelming and traumatic experience can have lifelong effects on the emotional well-being of these miracle families. It affects the entire family unit.

Our son Benji was born 6 weeks early due to IUGR, weighing just 1.5 KG. He spent 6 weeks in hospital and Miracle Babies provided us with incredible help and support.

This November, I am going to run a marathon to raise money for this great charity and would appreciate any donation. Thank you in advance for reading our story.