Nurturing miracle families

Miracle Babies
Dedicated. Supportive. Invaluable

Megan Norbury provides a shoulder to lean on for new parents whose babies are born sick or premature.

Megan’s two babies were born three months early, so she knows how new parents feel when a pregnancy doesn't go to plan and their baby is fighting for life in a neonatal intensive care unit.

As a employee with Miracle Babies Foundation, Megan provides peer support to families in the Perth area during a baby's hospital stay and beyond.

In the NICU, Megan is available to listen to parents’ concerns and questions and provide comfort and hope.

In the community, she runs a peer-support group for parents of babies born prematurely or sick , which currently supports 50 families.

Megan experienced isolation and loneliness as a new mum, and joining the foundation has allowed her to offer the support she sorely needed then.

“I don't have any medical experience, but I know what it feels like as a mother, something the doctors and nurses just can’t explain,” says Megan.

“The guilt, the worry, the fear of not taking a baby home, I can honestly tell the parents that I meet that I know how they feel.”

Megan was taken by surprise by her nomination as a Westfield Local Hero. “To share the journey with the miracle families is an absolute honour,” she says.

Westfield Local Heroes are nominated and voted for by their communities, with the three top finalists per Westfield centre each awarded a $10,000 grant for their affiliated organisation. Miracle Babies will use its funds to support its Willetton NurtureGroup, where babies and children develop through play while their parents receive ongoing peer support.

For further information on the Westfield Local Heroes program, click here