Royal Hospital For Women Foundation : Stories

Take a look at some of the incredible stories of moments that matter from The Royal

Homebirth At The Royal

The service, which was set up late last year, offers women with low-risk pregnancies the choice of staying at home during their labour rather...
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Kate Dyer

Kate Dyer knew the instant she attended her first birth that she’d found her calling.
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NICU staff during COVID 19

Holding your newborn baby in your arms will never be quite as precious as it is right now in the Royal’s Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU)....
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Mark and Sian's Story

Wollongong couple Mark and Sian had their baby boy Owen at 29 weeks weighing just 925 grams. In December last year, at 28 weeks, Sian was diagnosed...
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A Candle in the Wind

When former Sydney Swans star Gary Rohan and his wife Amie threw a birthday party for their one-year-old daughter Bella recently, they included...
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Second Chances

Shona Carter and her twin sister Tegan defied the odds when they were born seven weeks prematurely in Bega hospital on the NSW South Coast. That...
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No Road Too Far

Kate’s deep connection with The Royal stems from the highly sensitive and compassionate way she and her family were treated when she and her...
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Therapy Dogs Bring Cheer to Oncology

Mac the golden retriever does the rounds to cheer up patients in the chemotherapy unit at The Royal. A service funded by The Royal Hospital Foundation...
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Tackling the Darkest of Clouds

The Blackwells are hoping to raise more than $50,000 for the NICU during the Spinathon on November 8th and 9th at Scenic cycle spin studio in...
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Endometriosis Surgery - 10 Years on

Endometriosis affects ten per cent of Australian women, means the tissue thickens and bleeds, even though it is outside the uterus, and causes...
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Delivering on Special Care

Once a week, Ashlee would have her blood pressure, and the protein levels in her urine carefully checked. Dr Lowe predicted the condition would...
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126 Days in the NICU

Gabrielle brought her baby Connor home to the small town of Milton on the NSW South Coast after a 126 day vigil in the NICU. Baby Connor weighed...
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Jaida Wand

Jaida Wand was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma at 16. Normally, the chemotherapy treatment that followed would have left her with very little...
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The Ties That Bind

when Charli Mitchell, a year 1 student at St Andrew’s Catholic Primary School in Malabar came into the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at...
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Our Singing Nurse

The Newborn Intensive Care Unit is full of dedicated staff members like UK-trained nurse Chris Noble. “Uncle Chris” as he’s known, likes...
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World Prematurity Day

The Royal Hospital for Women is a place of rich and raw emotions. Surely one of the most fraught wards is the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU)...
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Home in time for Christmas

Premature twins Indigo and Tate will be home in time for Christmas after almost four months of around-the-clock care in The Royal's NICU.
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Thriving, Not Surviving

With a strong family history of breast cancer, and breast tissue that was constantly developing lumps, Monteith had been coming to The NSW Breast...
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Close Bond Between Twins

The Royal Hospital for Women provides specialised care to women and babies for the most complex of cases. Twins Marla and Carter are a perfect...
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The Road Home

Sister Bernadette had reached a high point in her career when she found out she had ovarian cancer. Despite her work as the General Secratary...
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Do you have a Royal experience you would like to share?

We are always on the lookout for new stories from our valued Royal Patients. Please contact hello@royalwomen.org.au if you would like to share your story