Premature birth is a common and serious health problem that affects families up and down the UK. Over the past year, families have been kind enough to share their stories about the premature births of their babies with us, to help raise awareness of premature birth.
My son Ryan, was born at 26+5 weighing 1lb 15oz (890g) when I developed
severe pre-eclampsia very suddenly and very severely. I was very ill and
I was told the day I found out I had pre-eclampsia that the baby would
need to be born asap or it could prove to be fatal...
I'm writing to inform the Government how much help is needed in researching the causes of premature birth.
I have had 2 unexplained premature births.
Barney was born in 2003 weighing 2lb 6oz at 27 weeks gestation. He was lucky, and despite staying in the neonatal unit for 3 months, is now...
I had a very difficult pregnancy, from four weeks until week nine I felt nauseated and from week ten onwards I was sick constantly and suffered terrible pains, landing me in hospital twice(once at 18 weeks and then at 22
weeks)
My employer, made things very difficult for me and as a...
I thought having an early miscarriage was the worst pain imaginable until I got pregnant again.
I was so careful not lifting, watching my food and defiantly no alcohol. At 16 weeks I began to notice my feet swelling up. I mentioned it to my medical team but it was just...
My twins Isabella and Joel were born a month prematurely in April 2005 and stayed in the SCBU at Eastbourne for a week.
They were by no means life threateningly small at 5lb4 and 5lb14, but had low blood sugar and were fed naso-gastrically.
I was able to stay in the SCBU...
I was very lucky as I work at my local hospital and one day whilst at work people noticed I looked quite "puffy".I was 28 weeks pregnant so went immediatley to ante-natal whereby various tests took place.I was then told I would have to have my baby delivered that night...
I was 28 weeks into a seemingly normal pregnancy when a routine visit to the midwife caused alarm as my blood pressure was quite high. I was taken into my local hospital in Ashford and monitored. I stayed in for 4 days and was given medication to control my blood...
We lost our daughter at 9hrs old. She was born at 27+1 and weighed 1lb 6.5oz.
Would you like to use this drawing (FINGERSattached)? A colleague drew it for me, based on a photo of me holding Frankie in my arms about an hour after she'd died. She only wore a...
Hi our names are Steve and Katie and this is the story of us and our boys, Conor and Harvey
It all started on the 19th of april when i started to bleed 25 weeks into my twin pregnancy, I was rushed into Guildford hospital where i was kept in for...
I'm 35 yrs old and i've lost 4 babies. 3 babes were lost to miscarriage at 12 weeks. My 4th child, Emily Rose, was born still at 22 weeks 5 days on 5th May 2001 . She was alive until they cut the cord. I went into premature labour due...
Our precious and much loved baby girl, Victoria was born in London on 21st October 2005 at 1.38pm.
Sadly she only lived for 12 minutes.
Victoria was born prematurely at just under 24 weeks old and was not quite strong enough to survive in this world.
She wasn't due until 14th February 2006....
Hi from a premature baby born in 1967
I have been surfing the web for some time, and I wanted to sign your petition but was unsure as to what to write! I would like to tell you my story for your site to see if I can help.
I was born...
Our baby son, Edward, was born prematurely at 27 weeks in 1991.
My waters had broken at 22 weeks and I was in hospital for five weeks before I went into labour. The amniotic fluid was leaking all this time.
The medical staff did all they could to stop the labour progressing...
Emily was born on 6th October 2006. It had been a very eventful pregnancy, with episodes of bleeding, a low placenta and then pre-eclampsia. These complications eventually led to placental abruption and Emily was born by emergency cesarian section at just over 25 weeks gestation. Her apgar scores at birth...
My daughter was born 12 weeks prem in 1988 at 1lb 8 oz at St Marys hospital in Portsmouth, if it hadn't been for the staff at scbu she wouldn't be here now she turned 18 last November and I thank god everyday that she is here.
I was one of...
My third son, Carter, was born on 11th December 2006 at 25 weeks. This was my third pregnancy and this time everything should have been OK, but like my first two pregnancies I went into premature labour and sadly Carter didnt make it.
Words cannot describe how my husband and our...
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We are Gail and Mick and this is the story of the birth of our two wonderful daughters, Sophie and Emily.
The delivery was frantic, at one point there were 14 people assisting – pushing poor Mick to one side as they set about delivering the babies.
Sophie arrived at 11.17pm, weighing...
I have had two premature boys, Sonny who was born 29+3 and Vincent 25+3, sadly little Vincent passed away at 9 weeks.
Words can't describe how devastated we were when Vincent passed as we thought that we were out of the woods.
It was never explained to me why Sonny may...
It was quite a shock when I found I was expecting twins! Identical at that!
I was warned that it would be a `risky` pregnancy, but I had a relatively healthy pregnancy until around 26 weeks when during routine appointment there was protein discovered in my urine and...
My beloved daughter, Anna, was born in May 1983 when I went into premature labour, for no apparent reason, one Sunday afternoon. I was 34, fit and healthy, and I'd longed for a daughter having had no sisters and, sadly, being estranged from my mother.
The labour was endless and...
My name is Debby, I first had a early miscarriage in 1998, and then went on to become pregnant again and despite having hyperemisis where I was sick up to 25 times a day to week 32 and giving birth at week 37 having a horrendous labor but giving birth...
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