Chance meeting behind special sisterhood
They each had unpredictable starts to their little lives and now a chance meeting has ignited a special bond between these four baby besties.
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Meet Ivy and Ella, Adeline and Maeve. The four ‘gal pals’ have been through more than most babies their age, after being born several months early last year at Mater Mothers’ Hospital in South Brisbane.
Despite a two-month age gap, both sets of premature identical twin girls have become besties after their mums Kristen Meadows, from Toowong, and Estelle McDonald met by chance.
Ms McDonald’s mother and Ms Meadows started chatting outside the hospital one day.
The array of things in common lead Ms McDonald’s mother to introduce to two new mums.
“My girls were born two months before Estelle’s and while we didn’t meet in hospital, we share similar experiences of having premature twins,” Ms Meadows said.
“The girls were born at 27 weeks and were in the NICU for just over three months.
“Not everyone has been through a NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) journey, so it’s nice for us mums to talk about what we have been through.
“Estelle and I had so much in common. We started meeting up for coffee and play dates and got along like a house on fire.
“And even though the two sets of twins were in Mater Mothers’ Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at different times, they have also somehow managed to form a special friendship.
“All the girls have gone through so much after arriving so early, but they have come through the hardship all together and are great friends.”
Shining the spotlight on National Siblings Day, April 10, Ms McDonald said she hoped the sisterhood among Maeve and Adeline and Ivy and Ella continued as they grew older.
“Kristen is a midwife and I am a neonatal nurse, so we get the medical side of things,” she said.
“What’s really nice is to see all the girls achieving their milestones, and for me to have a friend who understands how having a baby so early can be a really emotional time.”
The Mater Mothers’ Hospital network is Australia’s largest maternity service provider, with more than 12,000 babies born every year across the state.
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