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Pedal 4 Preemies

Join us for our
3rd Annual Pedal 4 Preemies
in
High Park, Toronto
on
Saturday, May 29th, 2010.
Click below for more information and registration
http://www.pedal4preemies.com

Who we are

Mission Statement

The Linden Fund raises money to fund health needs through the purchase of specialized medical equipment as well as providing items of comfort and convenience to assist in the mental, physical and emotional development of the infants and their families of the Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Canada.

“Making a Big Difference in Tiny Lives.” 

What defines premature birth?

A pregnancy usually lasts 40 weeks. A baby born at 37 or more weeks is considered full term. A baby born prior to 37 weeks of pregnancy is called premature, preterm or preemie.

What percentages of births are preterm?

Approximately 12% of babies born are preterm. Of those, 84% are born between 32 and 36 weeks of gestation. Around 10% are born between 28 and 31 weeks and 6% are born earlier than 28 weeks

MY THREE STORIES

First Name: 
Carmen
Story: 

My Arrival

My Womb Betrayed Me but my Son is Wonderful

First Name: 
Lesley
Alias: 
TravelMum
Story: 

I used to say that things in life happen for a reason. After my water broke at 19 weeks gestation and my son was born premature, I stopped using that phrase.

We are Lesley and Bruce Donaldson, and our son Torran was born at Mt. Sinai in March of 2008. His early birth is a result of my oligohydramnios, a condition where there is a lack of amniotic fluid. It happened when my water broke at 19 weeks of pregnancy. The oligohydramnios was likely caused by the marginal placental abruption (subchorionic haemorrhage) with bleeding that I’d experienced since 6 weeks gestation. Recently, I found out that I had a uterine infection which caused the abruption and early delivery. I never even felt sick.

Our Story

First Name: 
Amanda
Story: 

So heres the story... we found out i was pregnant in April, at 10 weeks, my first ultrasound we were stunned to find out i was having twins.. it was'nt untill 26 weeks that i found out they were girls!!
6 days later to my surprise i went into labour and had an emergency c section and had my beautiful gurls alana(oct 17th 12:14am) weighing 960grams and Alexis(oct 17th 12:15am) 1024grams. they were imediatley seen by a team from sick kids, and 6 long hours later they were finnally brought into my room were i saw them for the 1st time for 2 minutes before they were taken to Womens college down town. where they stayed and a day n a half later i was finnally transfered down there so i could see my little gurls.

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