Entertainment Membership 2021
You can help support the work of The Neonatal Trust by purchasing an Entertainment Membership. A percentage of all sales goes to The Neonatal Trust to help us continue our support of families of premature or sick full term babies as they make their journey through...
Easter cookies!
Easter cookie treats! If you’re looking for a little something to feel good about right about now, check out our Easter fundraising campaign on Rewardhub. Our friends at Molly Woppy have been busy hand making limited edition gingerbread Easter bunnies dipped in...
Felix – Our Teeny little Super Guy – 32+2
As told by mum, Melissa. At twenty weeks pregnant we were excited for our first real growth scan and to find out the gender of our baby. We had planned to have lunch and open the envelope together. I vividly remember the scan taking forever. Seeing the sonographer...
Thank you Knit World
Special thanks to Knit World who choose to support The Neonatal Trust and have been busy helping promote the use of wool for neonatal babies. This wee pile of beautiful woollen cardigans was recently delivered to the Wellington Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and...
No room in Auckland: Triplets born in Wellington on Christmas Day
They are known around the traps at Wellington Hospital as the three wise men, but Christmas Day triplets Elia, Rumi, and Sameer Alqudah were only born in the capital because there was no room at the Auckland inn. The three boys – Elia and Rumi are identical...
Christmas 2020
Christmas day is a day for families to get together, be together and make memories. For hundreds of families this Christmas, their memories will be different to most with their baby (or babies, in the case of multiples) in a neonatal unit. There are over 400...
Thank you Dorothy L Newman Charitable Trust
The Neonatal Trust would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Dorothy L Newman Charitable Trust for its recent donation of nearly which enabled The Trust to purchase a new Medela Symphony Breast Pump which is made available to mothers in the Wellington...
Premature twins born at 23 weeks at Wellington Hospital
When Declan Colquhoun was born, his aunt's wedding ring would have fitted around his arm. He and twin brother Riley were born at just 23 weeks and one day on March 3. It's considered the edge of viability - babies born earlier are not usually resuscitated. Declan...
Kora – 23weeks, 4 days
As told by mum, Tangiwai, When I was 20 weeks pregnant I decided to have a joint gender reveal/baby shower celebration. My family thought I was crazy however little did we all know, our little miracle would make her appearance 3 weeks later. After consulting my...
Our 23 week, 495gram miracle
As told by mum, Amber. Amiracle was born on the 8/3/2020 weighing 495 grams and and 23 weeks gestation. My father in-law passed away that day and as we left our home in Auckland to Tauranga my waters broke. Amiracle was born in Waikato hospital feet first. It was a...
