by Stephanie Brush | Sep 25, 2017 | Blog
Oliver’s Story On April 16th 2005 Oliver (twin1) was born. His brother Noah (twin2) sadly passed away on 17th April 2005. I sat by his crib after saying goodbye to his brother, looking at my child, still not quite believing this was happening to me. He was so...
by Stephanie Brush | Mar 25, 2017 | Blog
Tatiana’s Fight to Survive Born at 24 weeks and 5 days and only weighing 604 g, Tatiana’s first glimpse at the world wasn’t going to be an easy one. Tatiana and Jedidiah MacCartney show good things come in big and small packages. Jedidiah, who was...
by Stephanie Brush | Mar 25, 2017 | Blog, Uncategorised
Welcome to Holland – a Musing When you are going to have a baby it’s like planning a fabulous trip to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make wonderful plans. The Colosseum, Michaelangelo’s David, the gondolas in Venice. You may even learn phrases in...
by Stephanie Brush | Mar 25, 2017 | Blog, Uncategorised
The White Family Mark and Penny White with Brooke born 1995 at 38 weeks, Dale born 1997, at 23 weeks weight 540 g, spent 118 days in the nursery and went home on oxygen. Now a happy , healthy 7 year old. Casey born 2000 at 26 weeks and weighed 816g also went home on...
by Stephanie Brush | Mar 25, 2017 | Blog, Uncategorised
Abbie’s Story Everything was progressing normally, or so I had been told, even though I had been bleeding for what felt like the duration of the pregnancy. I’d had several early scans just to monitor the bleeding, but no cause was ever determined. At 20 weeks...
by Stephanie Brush | Mar 25, 2017 | Blog, Uncategorised
Iman’s Story Iman (seen here when she was aged 3 years with her baby sister) was born prematurely in 1997 at 25 weeks’ gestation, weighing 746g and smaller than her father’s hand. She is now in Year 10, is her school’s sports captain and top of her class...
