I am so lucky to be able to meet such amazing women on my travels as a Mum in Business and this month I would like to feature the lovely Julia from L’il Aussie Prems.
Julia created L’il Aussie Prems in March 2007.Through her experience of giving birth so prematurely to Ronan, a year after his 100 day long journey, Julia decided to create L’il Aussie Prems. This was a way of reaching out to parents – to offer support and understanding whilst they were still in NICU/SCN or at home.
The site has only been running on small sponsorship for over two years and has just recently gained major sponsorship through Pumpkin Patch. What a fantastic achievement – well done Julia! Julia believes that no one should have to pay for support. She relies on advertisers and sponsorship to keep the website running and to keep the support totally free for families. This includes the new premmie bags that are posted to families currently in NICU/SCN.
The forum which is a safe place for parents to share their experiences has recently reached over 1000 registered users and is home to many families throughout Australia.
I truly admire Julia’s strength, commitment and perseverance in providing this much needed service to parents going through what she went through. Please check out the L’il Aussie Prems website for further information.
4 comments:
Seeing the photo of Julia's tiny baby, reminds me of how thankful and lucky I am with my healthy children. The Pumpkin Patch sponsorship is quite a coup!
Seeing the photo of Julia's tiny baby, reminds me of how thankful and lucky I am with my healthy children. The Pumpkin Patch sponsorship is quite a coup!
Yay!! Thankyou for sharing Julia's story.
I am one of the mums who have benefited from Lil Aussie Prems. Both my boys were born prem, Brendan 30+1 and Tristan 34+3.
Thankyou :-)
PQ - I know, it's a bit of a reality check. Yes, very cool about Pumpkin Patch ... we are so proud of Lil Aussie Prems!!
Sally - thanks for your comments. What Julia has created is a much needed website and support network. She's definitely an inspirational lady!
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