16/07/2026
50 for 50 – Birth Trauma Awareness Week 🤍
One in three women in Aotearoa experience birth trauma. It can look different for every family, and not all trauma is visible.
Because of our own birth and NICU journeys, we wanted our 50 for 50 challenge to reach the families currently walking through the doors of Wellington NICU. While not every traumatic birth leads to NICU, for many families the two are deeply connected. And while babies eventually leave hospital, the emotional impact of those early days often stays with parents long after they’ve gone home.
Two years on, we’re both still healing from parts of our own birth trauma. That’s why this week matters to us.
Our little NICU graduates, Esmee and Violet, created these 50 little handprints to be displayed in Wellington NICU, where they each received lifesaving care. Today, they’re two years old and thriving.
We hope they become a gentle reminder that you are not alone, that there is hope, and that every day your little miracle grows stronger 🤍
Thank you, Birth Trauma Aotearoa for creating the 50 for 50 initiative and helping bring birth trauma into the conversation