Your stories of having premature babies

Premature birth is a common and serious health problem that affects families up and down the UK. Over the past year, families have been kind enough to share their stories with us to help raise awareness of premature birth.

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Caroline's story

Caroline's story

My baby girl was born at 25 weeks, 3 days, 1lb 9oz on January 2008. She went through a struggle but came home after 18 weeks (126 days) in Scbu. She came home on home oxygen - she is doing well but we don`t know if our rollercoaster has finished yet, as we have to get to the other side of the winter with all the bugs, and we don`t know what the long term effects of being early will be..

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