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24th June 2010: Gorgeous ex-23 weeker Hudson turns 4! Happy Birthday big guy!
                                                                                                                                                       
                                                    Huddy celebrates at school with Mum and Kai                                                   Huddy blows out his birthday candles
 
11th June 2010: Hudson received a Merit Certificate at school. We are very, very proud of our little man. To understand how far prems can come, you just have to look at Huddy and what he went through and continues to go through, and how he triumphs!!
 
                                                                                                                                  
                                                            Huddy receiving his award                                                              Huddy with his award                                                      Huddy celebrates his win!
 
4th Eebruary 2010: Hudson, ex-23 weeker son of The BubBE Book author Natasha Bowden, started Kindergarten! He is attending an Early Intervention Kindy.
If he had been born on his expected due date in October he would still be a year off starting!
 
                                   
                                                                                      Huddy looking cool for school                        With Daddy on his first day of Kindy                                                                           
 
11th August 2009: Bub Born Early is pleased to announce the arrival of its latest products. Click here to read about and purchase our new and unique BubBE on Board Car Sign and BubBE Isolette Clings. Great new additions to our BubBE range of premature baby products!
 
                                                                                                                                    
     
                                                                                                 Car Cling                                                Isolette Clings
                                                                                                                                                                                 (also available separately)
 
24th June 2009: Hudson celebrated his 3rd Birthday!
                                                                                                
 
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                            Huddy                                                   Huddy, Mum and the cake!
 
June 2009: The BubBE Book was featured in the Autumn 2009 Edition of New Zealand magazine OHBaby! (page 35)
 
                         
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                              OHBaby! Autumn 2009 Cover                                         Page 35
 
 
 The BubBE Book feature (close up)
 
9th April 2009:   Natasha and Clayton are extremely pleased to announce the safe arrival of their second baby and a brother for Hudson, named Malakai Patrick Hough. He weighed a whopping (well, to us at least ;-)!) 3.46 kg or 7 pounds 1 ounce.
 
                                                                                       
   Mum and Kai having first cuddles                                               Beautiful Kai                                                             Mum, Dad, Kai and Huddy
 
 
21st March 2009:    Bub Born Early founder and author of The BubBE Book, Natasha Bowden, is excited to announce that she is expecting her second child on the 19th April 2009.  It will be a brother or sister for her son Hudson, who was born at 23 weeks 4 days in 2006. Thankfully this pregnancy has been a lot less eventful than the last and will hopefully continue in this manner!
 
14th December 2008:   A Facebook page has been set up for the Bub Born Early website. Please go to Bub Born Early Facebook Page to become a fan.
 
A Facebook group has also been created called Premature Baby Born After A Vehicle / Car Accident to attempt to link people who have gone through this experience. Please encourage anyone you know who has had a baby prematurely following a car accident to join the group.
  
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 Mothers of Premature Babies Wanted for Study

Researchers at the University of Queensland have been conducting focus groups with parents of premmie babies to explore their unique parenting experiences.  Inspired by parents stories of challenges and resilience we want to further explore some of the issues that parents have raised.    In particular, we want to know what factors contribute to making the mother of a premmie baby a happy and confident mother. 

Can you participate?

We are recruiting mothers of babies (<24 months corrected age) born preterm (<37 weeks gestational age). 

What does participation involve?

Participation involves completing a web-based survey.  We’ve chosen a web-based survey because it allows you to complete the questionnaires in your own home at a time convenient to you.    All responses will be completely anonymous as no identifying details will be recorded.  The survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete.  The questionnaires will ask about; your expectations before the premmie birth, your experiences during hospitalisation, coping strategies, your feelings, your spousal relationship (if applicable) and your current feelings around parenting.  The web-address for the survey is: http://exp.psy.uq.edu.au/premstudy

What are the benefits?

We hope that this research will inform clinicians about ways that they can better support parents.    

If you would like any further information about this study please contact us:

Tracey Evans – email: tracey.evans@uqconnect.edu.au , mobile: 0412 757 727

Dr Koa Whittingham – email: koawhittingham@uq.edu.au, phone: 3636 5539

Prem Parents Wanted for Online Questionaire
 
University of Queensland honour students Alize Ferrari and Claire Pennell need to recruit parents of full term (currently under 24 months of age) and preterm infants (currently under 24 months corrected age) for a study designed to help improve and develop PREM Triple P, a new version of the well established positive parenting program specifically designed for parents of preterm infants.  It is essential for researchers to gain knowledge directly from parents in the development of parenting programs and the participation of all parents is highly valued. Participation is simple, this study is being conducted via a web-based questionnaire so that parents can participate in the comfort of their own home and at their own convenience. 

Parent responses will be strictly anonymous and will be viewed by researchers involved in this study only.

The web-address for the study is: www.exp.psy.uq.edu.au/prem
New Western Australian Prem and Sick Baby Support Group
 
Parents 4 Parents (P4P) is a new group formed by parents for parents who have or have had babies in the Neonatal Units at King Edward and Princess Margaret Hospitals in Perth. It is newly formed and looking for volunteers who can help grow the organisation in any way. If you wish to help or be helped through a difficult time, please contact:
 
Paul & Cherie McFadden on 6468 5681 / 0400 993 309
pcmcfadden@gmail.com
or
 Mike & Natalie Safy on 9405 7501 / 0412 980 888 / 0410 300 963
natalieandmike@bigpond.com
 
 
 


 
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