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Preemie Support Group and Support Services Listing

About the PreemieCare State-by-State Listing Thelisting of support groups and state/local informational resources below provides a way for families of preemies to locate the support and support services they need in their state and local area. If you are looking for resources by topic (breastfeeding, growth and development, finances, etc.) be sure to visit the PreemieCare Resources page. Please check with the organizations listed for the most current contact information as it can change. If you find information that is not current, please let us know by contacting PreemieCare.	Adding Your Support Group PreemieCare maintains this list of national and local support groups for parents of preemies to help families find support organizations. If you are the leader of such a support group and would like your organization listed in this database, please complete our online Support Group Application. If your organization meets our criteria, we will post it here and notify you when the listing is available.

PreemieCare Spotlight Groups PreemieCare Spotlight Groups are designated with the PreemieCare spotlight icon on their listings. To be considered for our Spotlight Group program, groups must send PreemieCare a listing for its contact information and contribute stories, articles, or other resources to the PreemieCare website. If your group has information that you think would be helpful to other families of preemies, please contact PreemieCare and it will be considered for inclusion in our PreemieCare Resources page, and your group could be the next PreemieCare Spotlight group!

Support Group Listing

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International Support Groups

Preemies for Africa (South Africa)

http://www.sapreemies.za.org/Support/SupportGroupsForums.htm
Preemies For Africa strives to provide a wide range of support, not only for the parents and family of premature babies during the NICU period, but especially in the growing up years when things are so very different to that of a full term baby.
080 PREEMIE (080 773 3643)
support@preemiesforafrica.org

Irish Premature Babies (Ireland)

http://www.irishprematurebabies.com/

Irish Premature Babies is a voluntary organisation compromised of parents who have all had a preterm baby(ies). Since 2006, several of the members had known each other through a "premature baby section" forum on an Irish parenting site. In the same year, a group from the parenting forum organised an informal get together in Dublin City Centre to try offer support to parents, through regular ‘days out throughout the year’. These get togethers were attended by families from all over Ireland, and gave parents the opportunity to meet other parents who understood the journey families go on when a baby arrives preterm.

Irish Premature Babies

Carmichael Centre

North Brunswick Street

Dublin 7

Co. Dublin

Email: info@irishprematurebabies.com

The Preterm Infants’ Parents’ Association Inc (PIPA) (Brisbane, Australia)

www.pipa.org.au
The Preterm Infants’ Parents’ Association (PIPA) was formed in Brisbane in 1980 with the goal of offering support to the families of premature babies. The primary aim of the Association is to provide practical and emotional support to the parents and families of infants in Intensive Care Units (ICU) and Special Care Nurseries (SCN); who are awaiting the arrival of an anticipated premature infant; who might experience the death of an infant who has been in ICU or SCN; whose children may be discharged from ICU/SCN with ongoing health problems.
PIPA
PO Box 400
RBH Post Office
Qld 4029
Phone: Kim Rivers 3216 5114
Email: contactus@pipa.org.au

Nepean Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Parents Support (NNICUPS) (Western Sydney, Australia)

www.prematurebabes.org
The Nepean Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Parents Support Group, is an Australian organization that is part of the Nepean General Hospital located in the City of Penrith at the foot of the Blue Mountains near Western Sydney, New South Wales (NSW) Australia. We have experience with all our babies having varying degrees of gestation and challenges at birth.
PO BOX 97
Woodford 2778
carolyn.blake@bigpond.com
02 47 588 245

National Premmie Foundation (Australia)

http://www.prembaby.org.au/?p=40
PO Box 2681
Bendigo D.C 3554
ABN: 51 056 151 862
1300 PREM BABY . 1300 773 622
contact_us@prembaby.org.au

Loddon Mallee Kids Inc. (Bendigo, Victoria, Australia)

www.loddonmalleekids.org.au
Loddon Mallee Kids Inc (LMK) is a Not for Profit Organisation that is based in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. LMK’s aim is to provide support, information and resources to families and careers who are involved with special care babies as well as parenting prematurely born babies and children.
PO Box 2681 Bendigo
Delivery Centre VIC 3554
join@loddonmalleekids.org.au
1300 773 622

Little Wonders (South Wales, Australia)

www.littlewonders.org.au

The Little Wonders mission is to touch the lives of each family in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit or Special Care Nursery in a positive, lasting way and to offer the best support network and information for the parents and families who have experienced a difficult pregnancy, premature birth, the loss of a baby, or have a child with additional needs within John Hunter Children’s Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
Little Wonders
1A Middle Street
Caves Beach NSW 2281
Email info@littlewonders.org.au
(02) 4971 4049

Life’s Little Treasures (Melbourne, Australia)

www.lifeslittletreasures.org.au
We are a Melbourne group of mothers who have experienced the roller coaster ride of N.I.C.U. & Special Care Nurseries, who would like to provide you with support and friendship.
Lifes Little Treasures Inc.
PO Box 476,
Chadstone Centre RPVIC 3148
ABN: 94 232 874 269
Phone: 0437 254 360
Email: contact_us@lifeslittletreasures.org.au

Lil Aussie Prems (New Zealand, Australia)

www.lilaussieprems.com.au
Australia’s online support site for parents and families of premature babies. You will find links to Australian premature baby support groups, clothing stores, read premature birth stories and blogs, see premature baby galleries, announce the birth of your precious premature baby and join a supportive community with parents from Australia, New Zealand and around the world to chat and share your journey through the NICU and beyond.
By Phone: 0412 248 583
Email: admin@lilaussieprems.com.au

Central Coast Premmie & Sick Newborn Support (Australia)

www.centralcoastprems.com
Having a premmie or sick baby is something that none of us expect to face. Varying reasons have lead us here but we share a common bond and understanding. If you are interested in meeting people who share similar experiences, please come along to our monthly meets where you will form friendships, be informed by guest speakers and relax with those who truly understand you.
Fiona Dixon - 0408 689 330
fiona@momentbymoment.com.au