Christmas 2021 Newsletter
Kia ora! As always, I hope this newsletter finds you and your whanau well and looking forward to some sunshine over the summer, wherever you are in Aotearoa New Zealand. This will be our last newsletter for the year and what a year it has been - again! The...
Phoebe’s NICU Journey
As told by Mum, Kirsty. I’ll never forget the words “you’re going to have this baby in the next 48 hours, but probably tonight” It had all been trucking along nicely; easy conception, no morning sickness and barely any weight gain. A pretty smooth pregnancy. The...
Mojo’s cheese scones support neonatal families
Mojo - Helping make a difficult start to life a little bit easier, one scone at a time During the 3rd to 9th May, whilst you're grabbing your morning coffee, be sure to pick yourself up one of their delicious cheese scones. For every one sold during this period,...
Make a Mothers’ Day!
Host a 'High Tea' in support of Neonatal Families Each year over 5,000 babies across New Zealand will need to spend time in an intensive care unit which may be due to being born as early as 23 weeks gestation or full-term with a medical condition. This means that...
Meals where they’re needed most
Warm meals are making a difference for often tired and stressed-out parents of babies in the Waikato Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Bellyful Hamilton volunteers have begun delivering stocks of frozen meals to the Waikato NICU. The Neonatal Trust has...
Premature babies could spend less time on potentially harmful ventilators thanks to Christchurch research
A new discovery about the lungs of premature babies – which could improve the way neonatal patients are treated – has been made as part of a Christchurch research collaboration. The study at Christchurch Women's Hospital's Neonatal Unit (NICU) has found differences...
Born into a nutritional emergency
New research shows some preterm babies in New Zealand hospitals have 'refeeding syndrome'. Dr Barbara Cormack takes a close look at the problem. When you’re starving, eating can be fatal. 'Refeeding syndrome’ was described after World War II, following liberation,...
A friendly face for Lower Hutt families
Neonatal families spending time at the Lower Hutt Special Care Baby Unit now have a new welcoming face. The Neonatal Trust are delighted to announce Anita Woodgate will be holding a fortnightly morning tea for current families. This will be a time for parents come...
PGG Wrightson charity auction raises record breaking funds
The Neonatal Trust can expand its Otago-Southland operation after receiving $58,522 from the PGG Wrightson (“PGW”) charity auction held at the Wanaka show. One of the features of the show is the annual PGW charity auction, where PGW, suppliers and clients...
Massive study involving Kiwi women unexpectedly finds possible way to prevent preterm births
A worldwide study involving Kiwi parents and babies has unexpectedly found fortifying typical pregnancy supplements with probiotics and other nutrients could reduce preterm births. Oddly, that's not what the scientists behind the Nutritional Intervention...
