After losing their twin daughters in premature birth, Nishul and Chandrika decided to take part in a Borne feasibility trial testing a new treatment to prolong labour.
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Coping with life in the NICU: a father’s perspective
Ahead of Father’s Day, we spoke to David Madoc-Jones about the birth of his daughter Edie at 23 weeks and how he coped with the experience.
“Babies aren’t designed to survive outside the mother’s body at 23 weeks”
Everything had been going well. My wife Nicola had had a 20-week scan, and everything looked healthy. And then one night, I got an email at work.
Will power
Borne Patron, Will Greenwood MBE is no stranger to extreme challenges. Having previously climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for the charity, he’s now taking on the North Pole, despite hating the cold!
Man on a mission
Business leader Uzi Yemin is swapping the boardroom for the frozen Arctic ocean with purpose.
My stupid husband is walking to the North Pole (but I’m so proud of him)
It seemed like a joke at first but then Fiona’s husband decided he really was going to walk to the North Pole for Borne.
A Borne leader
We met up with renowned explorer Alan Chambers MBE, as he prepares to pack his sled for his 15th expedition to lead our team on the Borne Arctic Challenge.
Nihad’s story
We spoke to Nihad Abdelaziz, the first patient to be recruited for Borne’s clinical trial programme for pregnant women.
A heart as strong as a lion
To commemorate Mother’s Day, a mother writes about her daughter’s unexpected preterm arrival and the roller coaster journey they have been on.
Fiona’s story
I have five fabulous children. That’s the happiness. All five were born prematurely, which sounds crazy, I know. But the thing is, we never knew why.