July 2012 - Life's Little Treasures

Angus and Jenna

After numerous IVF cycles we finally received the wonderful news that I was pregnant. I was suffering from fairly brutal morning sickness and a scan at six weeks confirmed the cause – I was carrying twins. Rob and I held our breath for the next six weeks and once we

Samuel

In February 2004 my partner and I moved from Melbourne over to Wellington, New Zealand. A big step for us but one we were looking forward too. At the end of March I found out I was pregnant with our first child. We were a little shocked but also excited,

Molly-Rose

Molly-Rose was born on the 5th February 2003 at 25 weeks. Little did we know when we made the big decision to start a family what lay ahead. We started IVF in August 2002, keeping a very positive and open mind as we knew it could possibly be a long

Brooke

This is a touching and inspirational story from Brooke Edwards who was born 3 months prem about 30 or so years ago. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did. It just goes to show how far you can go and what you can achieve with belief,

Jack

After having a had a perfectly happy, healthy little girl and then a bit of a struggle with some miscarriages we were absolutely overjoyed to make it to the 12 week let-your-breath-out ultra sound with our boy Jack. In reality, it was where we just took one even deeper breath

Luke

Although it’s been over 7 years, I still remember the events leading to Luke’s birth on 27 Feb 2003. My pregnancy was going fine, not too different from when I was pregnant with my daughter Maya. I was about 6 months pregnant and had invited a few of my friends

Hunter

Well you’d say I had a perfect pregnancy, I fell pregnant straight away, didn’t have much morning sickness (lucky me). Everything else was textbook stuff, although we were worried about Congenital Heart problems as there’s a strong family history. So everything was going along like clockwork. I was still in

Nixon

Nixon’s journey begins when Trent & I found out that I was pregnant. In September 2005 with just 2 weeks before we were due to get married we were extremely shocked but thrilled to be pregnant. I had a complication free pregnancy. I never really experienced morning sickness, which I

Joanna

It was November 23rd 1981, when my mum and brother were enjoying a Kinder Christmas Party, that I decided it was time to enter the big wide world……at 28 weeks gestation! After mum experienced the unmistakable feeling of her waters breaking, it was time to pay her GP a visit.

Sophie

“What ever you do don’t push” instructed my Obstetrician, ‘you are 5cm dilated and are going to have your baby soon’. ‘We need to do an emergency caesarean to give your baby the best chance of survival as she is breach and so tiny’. I was just 24 weeks pregnant

Archive for July, 2012

Angus and Jenna

Samuel

Molly-Rose

Brooke

Jack

Luke

Hunter

Nixon

Joanna

Sophie

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