Little Heartbeats - PPROM Support and Awareness

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PPROM (Preterm Prelabour Rupture of the Membranes) is a condition where a woman’s waters break before 37 weeks of pregnancy, prior to labour beginning.
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Little Heartbeats aims to raise awareness of PPROM (when your waters break before 37 weeks of pregnancy), to support women and their families through PPROM and beyond, to improve care and guidance, and to support PPROM-related research. Sometimes the baby is born soon afterwards, but frequently it is possible to continue the pregnancy for days, weeks, or even months after the membranes have ruptured. Not enough is known in the medical profession about this condition, and few members of the general public have heard of it until it happens to them, but it is thought to occur in 3% of pregnancies and is implicated in 40% or preterm births. Little Heartbeats is seeking:

• To raise awareness and understanding of PPROM among the general public and medical professionals;

• To support and provide accurate information to women experiencing PPROM regardless of outcome;

• To advocate for high-quality, consistent, compassionate care and management of PPROM, and to campaign to improve such care;

• To raise funds for PPROM-related research and to contribute to such research projects. In memory of Sinead Speakman, born sleeping, and all the babies who lived but a short time, or who were loved but did not live, as a result of PPROM.

21/10/2026

Published this paper some time ago but feel it’s worth sharing again, it’s one difficult journey regardless of our outcomes (yet the same emotional rollercoaster)

Ensure you offer emotional support to women enduring this condition

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02646838.2024.2314179

15/10/2026

In Memory Of Loki. Here for a short time but always in our hearts. Rebecca and her husband will never forget.

15/10/2026

In memory of Freya we will never forget and we will help find ways to prevent baby losses to the complications of PPROM in memory of our babies

14/10/2026

If your doctor is telling you that your baby has little to no chance of surviving, they haven’t read our study, and if they have, just because my baby Sinead didn’t get to come home, doesn’t mean your baby will follow in the same fate. Some babies do go home. While it’s been a very difficult few years for myself personally, we know our website alone has helped so many women and their families through PPROM
❤️ know what ever you decide, whatever happens, we actually care a lot for our fellow Pprom mums and dads ❤️

09/10/2026

Baby loss awareness week, we will think of every single woman whose had to birth her sleeping baby, every mum whose had to say goodbye to their baby in neonatal
Every dad / partner, whose had to stand by while feeling hopeless
While some babies survive, we can’t forget those who didn’t :(

07/10/2026

Every time we get some funding we catch up on our care packs, we will doing a thank you post to a mum, dad and their family for raising us some funds soon, thank you so much for putting
Little Heartbeats first as we are only a small volunteer organisation and it is hard work 😓. But we know this means an awful lot, the hardest part is not having enough £££ but one day we will, it’s not just an awareness group! It’s far more.

06/10/2026

Someone reminded us this week, why our work matters
If anyone has any positive stories of Leeds neonatal, and PPROM before 21 weeks, please share your stories

02/10/2026

When women pprom under 24 weeks the pressure women face to end their pregnancy when they are well within themselves can be unbelievable at times
Flip side to the later gestation at 28/33 weeks, pregnant women who lose their waters are told to continue without being told of the pros and cons
Despite our research, at times I wonder if some doctors have bothered to read it
They are certainly not reading the small prints at times
Really hope one day we get our big break
Btw, if you feel we helped you, maybe nominate us for an honours, maybe if I had OBE at the front of my name, maybe they will listen more!!!

01/10/2026

Thanks to everyone who like and shared our posts
One day more will join in, for now we stand alone and will continue to provide a support for pregnant women and their families
One day we have enough money to ensure more women gain our care packs from the start of their Pprom journeys
Hoping we can prove we can do this, living in hope still! Never give up (if you are waiting for one still, do chase us, if the postage service has not delivered it, let us know asap)

Address

High Peak
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Telephone

+447877075976

Website

http://www.little-heartbeats.org.uk/

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