Special Stories
I was born at 26 weeks when my mummy’s waters broke unexpectedly, i was born at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital at 5 minutes to 5 on Tuesday 28th July weighing a tiny 610g (5lb 1.5oz). I was in the intensive care unit of nao natal unit for 8 weeks, during the first 2 weeks it was ...Read more
When my waters broke at 26+5 wks I didn’t have a clue what would happen next. After an ambulance trip to Dundee in the snow Adam and Gemma were born on 9 Feb 07 in Ninewells at exactly 27 weeks gestation, Adam weighed a tiny 1 lb 14 oz and Gemma 2 lbs 5 oz. ...Read more
We were born on the 1st December 1998, 12 weeks too early! Our mum had gone into labour at her work on 26th November and was eventually transferred( in a bumpy journey) by ambulance to Glasgow Maternity Hospital because there was no room for us at Aberdeen’s Neonatal Unit. Luckily for mum the doctors there ...Read more
I was admitted to the Westburn ward in the hospital at 32 weeks and monitored for 4 days before the doctors decided to give me an emergency section and our wee boy Alfie was born on 7th August 2005 weighing 4lb 4oz He was immediately taken to the neo natal unit where from the second ...Read more
Allissa was born the day after her due date. We had a normal labour after a healthy pregnancy, everything seemed perfect. During the night she was admitted to the special nursery because she appeared to be holding her breath, the following morning we watched helplessly as she suffered a seizure and stopped breathing. She was ...Read more
I had a “textbook” pregnancy, and on the 31st of October 2007, I started to go in to labour, right on time. As many of you will know, having a baby can take time and after 15 hours we still hadn’t made much progress. It was around this time that the midwife checked for my ...Read more