Gaps in maternity services contribute to the deaths of more than 200 babies every year in Northern Ireland, according to campaigners who are calling for more funding for neo-natal services.
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Representatives from baby charities Tiny Life, Sands and Bliss travelled to Stormont on Tuesday for the launch of the Every Baby Matters report.
They called for the Health Minister to take action after figures showed 200 babies are stillborn or die shortly after birth every year in Northern Ireland.
A further 2,000 need urgent neo-natal care.
"What we're actually asking for and what we need in Northern Ireland is not a physical cot. It's actually extra doctors, extra nurses, to look after those babies," said Deirdre Brady from Tiny Life.
"A lot of people think that we when say there's a shortage of cots, they actually think that's a bed - but it's the whole package that goes with that."
Co Down mum Davina Greer had to be airlifted to Scotland at just two hours notice to give birth to baby triplets Charlie, Owen and Harry in Glasgow because of a shortage of neo-natal beds in Northern Ireland.
She gave birth to her sons at 28 weeks, but sadly Harry died aged just 23 days old.
Davinia told UTV having to give birth so far from home was tough for the whole family.
"Considering we were in Glasgow and considering our babies were critically ill, had anything happened to one of them - which did happen - and John was back here at home, there's no way he could have got there in time," she said.
Health Minister Michael McGimpsey has said peaks and troughs of demand for neo-natal care cannot be predicted, and that units around the UK work in partnership.
"What I can say is that Northern Ireland has the lowest rate of stillbirths and neonatals in the whole of the UK," he said.
"I have invested in the service in Craigavon Hospital, in the Royal and in the Ulster; I am currently reviewing staffing levels as well to make sure that we are able to address the need and that we have the capacity."
But with one in every ten babies needing specialist care, for some families the start of their life together may well begin far from home.
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