During this episode we talked to the lovely Donna Smith based in Otepoti Dunedin. Donna’s life was wrapped up in the neonatal world before she became a Mum to Jack and Ben as she worked as part of the Middlemore team in the NICU/SCBU and homecare team as a Physiotherapist.

Little did Donna know that her links to the neonatal world were going to become more entwined with her life as it went on. As you’ll hear from our chat, Donna experienced both Auckland and Dunedin NICUs with each of her boys, and having attended our community playgroup with Jack in Auckland Donna felt passionate about starting one in Dunedin even before Ben was born which she still does with great enthusiasm. If that wasn’t enough Donna has recently run the Queenstown marathon as a fundraiser for the Trust, citing our pod as her key training companion. And now that the running is done, she’s embarked on a whole new marathon by taking on her Masters with a focus on baby wearing from premature babies! As you’ll hear Donna is so passionate in the space of neonates from both a personal and a professional perspective.  

This is our last episode for 2023 but we’ll be back in 2024 with more interviews, so if there is anything you’d like us to cover or people you’d like to hear from do get in touch with us. We hope you’ve enjoyed the first seasons of the ‘One in Ten’ podcast, please follow us on your favourite podcast platfom so that you know when our episodes drop, give us a five star rating, leave us some feedback or let us know what else you’d like to hear about from the Trust. Many thanks until 2024, stay safe and have a wonderful holiday season.