I would like to share with you my experience in neonatal with the parents rooms. I spent 10 challenging days on neonatal with my son who was born pre-term. My first night after giving birth was in a ward which seemed a million miles away from him and one which was full of new mums who had their babies by their side. After just a few hours sleep each night I decided to spend most of my time sat in a chair in SCBU by my baby's side with the warm and kind nurses. I missed ward mealtimes and hardly slept as I found it an unbearable distance from my baby. I was recovering well physically and so after 3 nights on the ward I faced being discharged home (45 minutes away). It was at this point that I felt helpless and desperate - breastfeeding would have become impossible to achieve and the distance from my baby too much to cope with. Thankfully the compassionate nurses on neonatal understood my situation and I was lucky enough to be allocated a small parents room to stay in for a night. I was shown to my room and I felt a huge sense of relief - I was finally able to get a little rest and was at a manageable distance for the neonatal team to ring me when my baby woke so I could dash down to breastfeed him. The parents room gave me a haven, an oasis of peace and a place to gather myself and have some privacy during the hardest times. It bridged the gap between hospital and home, and despite the condition of the rooms being less than glamorous and in need of restoration, I felt lucky because I could be close to the one person I needed to be close to. Without a stay in the parents room, my experience in Lister neonatal would have been all the more challenging. The planned improvements will make such a difference to parents in need of a sanctuary, a comforting cocoon and a positive space to nurture themselves and their babies before they are able to return home.