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We’d love to hear from you in a short, anonymous survey (5–7 mins) about your experience with breastmilk supply - what was challenging, what helped, and what you wished existed. Your insights will help shape a Perth Biodesign project focused on supporting breastfeeding mothers especially for those with concerns about low milk supply.
🍼 Open to all breastfeeding or expressing mums, past or present
🔒 Fully anonymous – takes just 5–7 minutes
👉 Take the survey here: https://lnkd.in/gVpCj3kp
Our quarterly Tiny Sparks Play Crew is back on November 15! Play Crew has been co-designed with the team at Western Kids Health to support families with Neonatal Unit Graduates aged 0-3. This group is all about play, connection and support in a relaxed and welcoming environment. Explore different play zones and take part in a Q&A with our expert therapists. The friendly team will be available throughout the session to offer support, answer questions and encourage play and connection.
📍 Western Kids Health, Victoria House, Thorburn Way, Shenton Park
⏰ 9:30am - 11:30am
🔗 Register https://forms.gle/LcWcegop4H6hXSc37
Our very first Next Spark Pitch Night is nearly here! Bright ideas, bold innovations, and inspiring people will take the stage to pitch for support that can change lives. This will be our key World Prematurity Day event. We can't wait to hear from:
Rebecca Watkinson - Identifying preterm babies at risk of re-hospitalisation with respiratory infections
Gayatri Jape - Bridging the Gap: A pilot school readiness clinic for preterm born children
Lindsay Kindinger - Vaginal Progesterone for preterm birth prevention: prescription versus reality
Your vote will decide who walks away with $25,000 to help fund their next big idea!
📆 Sunday, 16 November 2025
⏰ 4pm - 6pm
🎟️ One beverage on arrival and light refreshments
📍 Mounts Bay Sailing Club, Australia II Drive, Crawley
*Note the function room is up one flight of stairs, no lift available*
Sparking Connection: How responsive parenting fosters confidence, resilience and social emotional development in kids.
Sparking Connection will cover:
What is responsive parenting? Exploring attunement, consistency, empathy and limit-setting.
Positive outcomes and benefits of these moments of connection, particularly in the context of early medical intervention or ongoing medical needs.
Incorporating moments of responsiveness and connection in everyday life- including ways to play.
How to respond to moments of difficulty (emotion dysregulation, behavioural difficulties).
Things which make responsive parenting difficult and how to manage these difficulties.
Please join us for this insightful webinar presented by Phoebe Carrington-Jones, Clinical Psychologist with the Western Kids Health Team on:
📆 Thursday, 30 October
⏰ 1pm
Registration is essential.
The University of Western Australia’s perinatal research team wants to hear from mothers - prospective, expecting and current about what they know about bacterial infections and screening during pregnancy. Your experiences and insights will help to shape this research to improve understanding and prevention of infection in early life. This Community Conversation will be exploring understanding, experiences and perspectives on bacterial infection, screening and preventative treatments during pregnancy to gain perspectives, insights and experiences around Group B Streptococcus (GBS), screening and prevention and treatment.
Attendees will be offered an $80 honorarium (gift card) and light refreshments will be provided on the night.
WE SEEK:
Mothers - prospective, expecting and/or current
A mother who has had an infection during pregnancy or who has had a baby with an infection while you were pregnant (not a requirement to attend)
DATE: Wednesday 5 November 2025
TIME: 10am – 12pm (AWST/Perth time)
LOCATION: Online
Submit your EOI here: https://bit.ly/42JRZ8r
