Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

As you may or may not know, Tuesday 17th November 2020 is  World Prematurity Day and I am fundraising to raise awareness of preterm birth and the concerns of preterm babies and their families worldwide. Did you know that approximately 15 million babies are born preterm each year, accounting for about one in 10 of all babies born worldwide?

As a parent that has been through it first hand, nothing could ever prepare us for how it feels to have a baby in neonatal care, days after the baby is born.

Pan (14 months now) was born a premmie, weighing at 2.26kgs (4.98lbs). After 48 hours he developed jaundice and which we later found out was a condition called ABO incompatibility where mummy's blood had mixed with Pan's blood during pregnancy or labour and this meant that in order to eliminate mummy's blood, Pan's liver had to work very hard to remove it from his body, this caused us to be at NICU at Queen Elizabeth, Woolwich for 11 days after I had given birth. 

Pan stayed with me in my hospital room for a couple of days inside the incubator to see if the jaundice was getting better. However, after the 3rd day we got news to say that Pan's jaundice had not improved and and he was transferred from the hospital room that I was in to NICU. This broke our hearts as he was no longer with me, or next to me when I slept or woke up. A few days later I was discharged from the maternity ward and moved to NICU department where the nurses took great care of us. Even though we were not allowed to hold Pan, we visited and sat by him all the time to say hello. I would remember looking forward to feeding him as that was the only time we could hold him and give him cuddles (this was every 4 hours).

Every premmie story is different and unique, although Pan may be a little more petite than some babies of his age, his energy and determination has amazed us everyday.

Nothing can prepare you for what NICU journey you encounter but I think sharing the experience and how the impact of premature birth can have on you as parents is important.

The donations raised on this page would go specifically to Queen Elizabeth in Woolwich as the nurses took great care of us during our stay and helped us so much. The donations will go towards them being able to purchase equipment for their NICU department.

Thank you in advance for your donations

P.S. For every donation you make, please write a form of exercise (eg Burpees or Push ups etc) and I will do them, so for example if you donate £10 and you write Burpee, I'll do 10 Burpees and so forth.

Donation suggestions below;

£5 - 5 x Squat Jumps

£10 - 10 x Push ups

£20 - 20 x Burpees

Other (Needs to be reasonable to the amount donated)

P.P.S. Once the donations have come through, I'll calculate everything and will post the exercises on my Instagram @puisanwong.pt