Kate Rawnsley, mother to 2 year old Macy, recently told us about her experience of having a baby admitted to the NICU after birth and how financial stress was a distraction from what really mattered most.

Research published recently as part of the ongoing Victorian Infant Collaborative Study, which has been monitoring a group of Australians since their birth in 1991 or 1992, has shown adults born extremely premature/low birth weight are at increased risk for less favourable cardiovascular health in areas such as blood pressure, exercise capacity, fasting blood glucose and visceral abdominal fat.