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Read the inspirational and moving stories about Ickle Pickles here.

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Sidney’s Story

Tubes and monitors surrounded him. I felt so desperate to protect him. All I kept thinking was that I did this, my body let him down. The guilt weighed heavily on me, but I knew deep down it was not my fault.

Percy’s Story

From the moment our journey began, I made a promise to myself: to raise funds and awareness for the charities that supported us. Among these, Ickle Pickles played a crucial role.

Our Ambassador Gemma Collis’ Story

I just wanted to say how enormously honoured and proud I am to be named an Ambassador for the Ickle Pickles Children’s Charity!

Malik and Muna’s Story

The doctor told us that our twins had no chance of survival. Viability is 24 weeks gestation and I was only 22 weeks + 2 days.

Honey’s Story

For the first few weeks of her life, I could not hold my baby; I could not feed my baby; I felt like we were in a living nightmare.

Harry & Harley’s Story

They gave the twins a 0% chance of survival and we discussed ‘comfort care’ which basically means no medical intervention. This was unthinkable to me.

Ruby’s and Scarlett’s story

We were delighted and nervous to be having more than one baby. However, we quickly became aware of the complications of twin pregnancy and were diagnosed with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome at 16 weeks

Charlotte’s story

She spent 41 days on a ventilator and it was five weeks before I could have my first cuddle with her.

Arabella’s Story

I was told that it would be likely that I would have to deliver our baby in the coming days. If we were really lucky, we would make it to 30 weeks, but they needed to find me a bed in a hospital with a level 3 neonatal unit.

Charlie’s Story

Our NICU story begins with the birth of our first son, Charlie, in March 2008. I found myself in premature labour at just 28 weeks and 2 days.

Bubble Rush Competition

This November, the Ickle Pickles Children’s Charity is thrilled to launch an exciting competition in celebration of World Prematurity Month.

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Whether you’re a parent, sibling, uncle, aunt, grandparent, or family friend, we invite you to share the story of your Ickle Pickle. Each NICU journey is unique, and we welcome contributions from anyone touched by premature birth or experienced in neonatal care.

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