Amaya and Aryan’s story
My twins Amaya and Aryan were born at St George’s Hospital on 23rd April 2024 at 23 weeks & 3 days. After a routine scan my world was thrown into chaos when I was told I had an open cervix and bulging membranes and was being...
Adam’s story
We were privileged that Katie shared her memories of Adam with us, and wanted to share his story with the First Touch community. Each baby’s story is unique to them and their families, and we say their names in our hearts and out...
Joel’s Story
We recently put out a request, asking bereaved families to share their stories. We know this is not always an easy thing to do but what shines out from Debbie’s story about her beautiful son, Joel is how her love for, and relationship...
Ezekiel’s Story
Jennifer is a long-term First Touch supporter and she shares her story here: From the moment I found out I was pregnant I was continuously in hospital with bleeding. During the Covid pandemic it was a nightmare not being able to have...
Willow’s Story
Willow was born on the 7th April 2024 at St George’s Hospital via C-Section. It was a total surprise welcoming Willow so soon as she was born at 25 weeks+3 days, weighing 850 grams. Despite having a low risk pregnancy as Willow was...
Kirsty’s Story
To mark NICU Awareness Day, Kirsty shared her story with First Touch. Her twins were born at 24 weeks and spent 133 days on the Neonatal Unit. They are now cheeky 18 month olds. September is NICU awareness month (ending in NICU...
Aubrey’s story
To celebrate Aubrey’s 10th birthday, her mum, Briony shares her story. Aubrey has overcome some many obstacles in her little life, the biggest one was right at the very start! She was born on 17th July 2013, and while a small 4lb 13,...
William’s story
Emma Newman bravely shares her son William’s story; When I went into spontaneous labour at 24 weeks + 2 days, I can honestly say it was the most terrifying experience of my life. While in labour we were told our son had a 45% chance of...
Edward’s Story
Hello, My name is Edward, I was born at St. George’s, 16 weeks prematurely. I was meant to be born on the end of January, but I was born at the beginning of October. I will be 15 on 12th October 2020. I weighed 725 grams. I suffered a...
Isabelle’s Story
Our daughter Isabelle Carys Mitchell was diagnosed with a Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation (CPAM) at 20 weeks gestation. After 10 challenging weeks with regular scans and monitoring, on 1st April 2020, Isabelle made an early...
