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Parent Stories

Information for parents and families.

We are happy to share parent stories so please contact us if you would like to contribute to this section.

Sarah’s story

Sarah tells her story of preterm birth. She noticed signs early in her pregnancy and got in touch with maternity services who helped and supported her. 

Nadia’s story

Nadia shares her story of preterm birth with twins at just 22 weeks. She wrote a book about what happened which goes into detail her deeply personal experience.

Katie's story

Katie explains her immediate feelings and experience she had straight after giving birth to her premature baby.

Sarah's story

Sarah was away for the weekend whilst she was 28 weeks pregnant with her son when she started to experience pains. She didn't realise she was experiencing preterm birth.

Read this blog, from one woman who experienced preterm birth during the COVID pandemic.

Sarah talks in this video about how family integrated care helped her feel involved and be a mum to her son when he was in the neonatal unit.

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