Jack, Hamish, Marcus, Riley and Amelia are five precious little children. They were all born dangerously early at the Mater Mothers' Hospital - sadly three of their siblings didn't make it home.
About 8 per cent of the 56,000 babies born each year in Queensland are premature-less than 36 weeks gestation. These days, babies born at more than 28 weeks gestation have a 95 per cent chance of surviving with little risk of major disabilities.
Each year, the Mater Mothers’ Neonatal Critical Care Unit provides intensive specialist care to 2,000 premature and seriously ill babies.
"Without the life-saving medical science behind the kind faces in the neonatal intensive care units, and the equipment they use, so many babies would not survive," said Hamish's mum Shannon.
Shannon, Jane, Mala, Anne-Marie and Serena were motivated by their personal experiences to join forces to give something back to the Mater and help future mums, dads and babies and the Precious Premmies Lunch was born.
The third annual Precious Premmies Lunch was held on National Premmies Day, Thursday 23 July, in memory of Oliver, Gabrielle and Charlie who didn’t make it home from hospital.
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