WHEN Scottsdale-raised Morgan Chorley and her partner Nic Rowell found out they were expecting twins, they were overjoyed.
Little did they know they would be meeting them earlier than expected, and on
different days.
Morgan said when her waters broke late one night at 28-weeks gestation, the team at
Launceston General Hospital did everything they could to stop her labour.
“They did everything they possibly could to stop my labour but at 3.19am on January 15 our determined little Mac Jay Rowell entered the world via a natural labour,” she said.
“At a tiny two-and-a-half hours old he was strapped up and off on his first plane ambulance trip to Hobart, flying solo leaving us in Launceston until they successfully stopped my second labour and I flew down later that night.
“The Royal Hobart team managed to hold off my labour with baby number two until Friday January 18 at 11.50am when Maggie Louise Rowell joined us via emergency c-section as she was face presentation.”
Mac was born weighing 1237grams and was 38cm long, while Maggie weighed 1255g and was 36cm long.
This was Morgan and Nic’s first pregnancy and they found out they were having twins at
around seven weeks.
“Nic was so excited, in fact he asked the sonographer to make sure there wasn’t a third
baby tucked away in there,” Morgan said.
“I was kind of in disbelief until the very moment I was wheeled into the NICU [Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit] once they were both born and were side by side in their little cribs.
“I think it’s absolutely amazing to have double to love and care for.”
The twins are currently in Hobart NICU and Morgan and Nic are staying at Ronald McDonald House.
“Hopefully if our babes keep smashing goals and exceeding all expectations like they are
we can move into special care where we will stay until around the 32-week gestation mark, which hopefully all going well we can, then we transferred to Launceston.”
This article was first published in the North-Eastern Advertiser on January 30, 2019.
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