Knowledge Exchange for Families

Family Stories

Here are a collection of stories from our community members to help inspire you and give you hope on your journey.

Content warning: This section contains stories about premature births, sick babies, and the emotional challenges faced by parents, including experiences in the NICU and SCN, parental anxiety, and mental health struggles. These stories may be distressing for some readers, especially those who have gone through similar experiences. 

Please be aware of the sensitive nature of our family stories before reading and if you feel any distress, please don’t hesitate to call us on 1300 697 736 or reach out to one of our Referral Services.

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23-26 weeks gestation

Luarna, Alex and Cody’s Story

1. We are a family of 5. We have Caleb 11, Ruby 2, Cody 4 months (1 month corrected), Alex (Dad) 31 & myself, Luarna […]

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Melinda, Chris and Tex’s Story

Tex was born extremely premature at 26 weeks and 5 days weighing 949 grams, on 31/12/23 at 1:43 in the morning. The pregnancy was fairly […]

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Handuni, Sumal and Baby Zenon’s Story

It was a Sunday morning at around 5 AM when I woke up feeling pressure in my stomach. As this was my first pregnancy, I […]

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Chrissy and Matthew’s Story

Wyatt was born at RBWH at 25+6 days gestation weighing 794g. He arrived quickly being born within 16 minutes of Chrissy’s arrival in the birthing […]

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Courtney and Rhys’ Story 

The first Father’s Day with a new baby is a meaningful moment for any dad. But for Rhys Matulis, knowing how hard his 10-month-old son fought to…

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Shantelle and Matt’s Story

WE REALISED HE WAS SO SICK AND WOULD BE HERE BEYOND HIS DUE DATE When Shantelle’s waters broke at 23+5 weeks, she had no idea […]

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Alexandra and Joshua’s Story

Charlee was born prematurely at 23 weeks gestation on 1 June 2022. She weighed only 560 grams and had to be transferred to the neonatal […]

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The Evans Boys

We are fundraising for LLTF as we are the Ambassadors for Walk for Prems in Sydney 2023. LLTF helped us greatly when our first child […]

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27-31 weeks gestation

Alice, George and Henry’s Story

Henry’s story Henry was born at 28 weeks gestation on 12thJanuary 2020 weighing 1.3 kilos. At 28 weeks, I had barely started my third trimester,and actually […]

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Liesl and Baby Harrison’s Story

Our little boy Harrison arrived by emergency C section after four days of spontaneous premature labour.  We started our journey off at Gawler Health Hospital and transferred […]

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Jen and Fabio’s Story

After being told she had a short cervix, Jen was terrified. I had a difficult start to my pregnancy with four weeks of constant bleeding […]

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32-37 weeks gestation

Meghan and Diana’s Story

Our darling Diana arrived at 32 weeks and 1 day of gestation. I experienced PPROM (preterm pre-labour rupture of membranes). The way the nurses and […]

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Marlo, Hugh and Elliot’s Story

Meet Marlo, Hugh, and baby Elliot – Queensland Walk for Prems 2024 ambassadors 💜“Elliot was born at 33 weeks and 5 days after I experienced […]

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Chambeyron Family Story

The Chambeyron Family includes Mum Hayley, Dad Jake, Payton (11), Saydee (9), Aubree (8), Arlo and Noah (both 5), and Kash and Knox (both 1). […]

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Abbey, Mitchell and Baby Hamish’s Story

My husband Mitchell & I were expecting our first baby in Mid January 2024. I was still working in mid December &  planned to work […]

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Jade and Connor

Meet one of LLTF’s staff members who has shared her story about baby Orla’s early arrival Meet Jade, our dedicated Marketing and Communications Coordinator, who […]

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Rocky’s Battle

Mum Ash tells us Rocky’s story Our Rocky, was born at just 32 weeks (8 weeks early) and weighed only 1550 grams. We spent 6 […]

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Babies who were born sick

Amy, Iain and Sam’s Story

Our second baby, our beautiful little boy, arrived in the most frightening of circumstances. Something was wrong– I was just on 39 weeks pregnant, and […]

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Share your story to help others

Storytelling and the impact it has on families in hospital is so important. 

Sharing your story can offer hope to families who are at the start of their journey and can inspire them to believe that they too will come through this.

Sharing your story is easy, just head to the contact page and fill in the form. Don’t forget to add photographs from your hospital stay and from now.

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