Professor Jane Norman who is one of the UK’s top experts in the field of premature birth said, “We are seeing that low weight babies now have around a 85% chance of survival when just 30 years ago it was only 1 in 2 that made it. However it has been severely hampered by lack of funding and much of this research relies on charities, such as Action Medical Research, to allow it to go ahead.“Without their support, much life saving research could have been lost and more babies would have died."

The Stand Up For Tiny Lives petition has received a tremendous boost with the support of Gomamatoday.com, which is part of the very well established and hugely popular Handbag.com stable of websites.

Action Medical Research has announced details of a new study that could see progesterone being used to stop babies from being born too soon.

Action Medical Research has just launched an online petition and we are asking all our supporters to not just sign it but to also email your friends and family so that they sign too.

In December we wished happy birthday to Edmund & Aubrey Holdcroft our 'baby bloggers' little knowing the media storm they would face in the run up to the new year.