source: www.herald.ie
by: Adelina Campos
GEORGINA Ahern has revealed how she felt like she was "going crazy" when her twin boys were born eight weeks prematurely.
The wife of Westlife singer Nicky Byrne has spoken candidly for the first time about the anxious days in the aftermath of Rocco and Jay's arrival.
The couple had only just returned from a Westlife tour when they were caught unawares and Georgina had to be rushed to hospital.
"My husband Nicky and I had just come home from a few weeks travelling on the road with the Irish band Westlife," she recalled in Tiny Footprints, a book published for the Irish Premature Babies charity.
"It had not been the most comfortable of times, being pregnant with twins on a tour bus, attending concerts, etc.
"I was happy and relieved when we got back home to Dublin, thinking we had at least a couple of weeks to get ready.
"Soon after we settled in back home we went to visit Nicky's parents; I remember it was a Wednesday. While we were there, they presented us with two adorable carrycots.
"Looking back on that day, I can clearly remember going to bed that night, thinking perhaps something was about to begin a wee bit too early.
"That next morning, we dashed into the NMH in Dublin, where I discovered I was going into premature labour.
"In the early hours of Friday, 20 April, the boys were delivered by emergency Caesarean section, eight weeks prematurely. And so began our journey into the world of precious premature babies."
The boys were just 1.28kg and 1.64kg when they were born and while their parents were able to spend some time with them on the night of the delivery, they found it "heartbreaking" to be separated from them due to their condition.
"When my stay in hospital was up and it was time to be discharged, we were devastated," Georgina wrote.
"It was a very emotional time, and this was exacerbated by my pregnancy hormones going crazy."
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