Prem in Perth
August 31st, 2008
Earlier this month I volunteered to help out on the National Premmie Foundation’s stand at the Pregnancy, Babies and Children’s Expo when it was running in Perth. It was great to meet some premmie mums from interstate, as well as catch up with local mums.
Since then I was thinking more about what I could possibly do to help other parents of premature babies in Perth. I’m not really an organiser of events or other people, as I prefer to take a “behind the scenes” approach. So I thought about what had worked for me, when I was looking for support.
In a nutshell, what I did at the time was turn to the internet. It took me several months before I found what I was looking for (and it turned out to be L’il Aussie Prems!) so I decided that maybe I could make that journey shorter for someone else by having a local site. My hope is that if anyone goes searching on the internet for premature babies and includes the word Perth, hopefully they’ll find me - and I can provide links to LAP, other national support sites, and any local groups in Perth too. I will also post information that I think is interesting and relevant to premmie parents. In the longer term I hope to be involved in more than just providing information, but I figure this is a good start.
So here is my site: www.preminperth.net
Of course it also gives me another opportunity to show off my amazing little daughter. And yes it does owe a lot to this site… once again I would like to say thank you to Jules for providing this great resource - forum, blog space and all - and being an inspiration!