Olympic runner Jana Pittman reveals the heartbreaking moment her newborn twins were placed in special care after birth
Jana Pittman experienced a scare no parent should have this April when her newborn twins were placed in special care right after birth.
The former Olympic runner, 40, opened up on Thursday’s Morning Show about the terrifying moment she couldn’t hold her babies as they were being carted away.
She said she was lying there after the birth and wasn’t sure what would happen to her children, who were born premature at 34 weeks.
Jana Pittman, 40, (pictured) experienced a horror no parent should have when her newborn twins (pictured) were placed in special care right after birth in April this year
“They came into special care and you don’t know what’s going to happen if those babies come early,” she said.
“At 34 weeks you think they will be fine coming home with you so it was heartbreaking to see them in these cribs and not being able to touch them as often as you would like.
“Then there are the feeding tubes and the stress and anxiety of not being the mom you think you want to be.”
The former Olympic runner opened up on Thursday’s Morning Show about the terrifying moment she couldn’t hold her babies as they were being chased away
The mother-of-six went on to say she “cried so much” because she hoped “they would go right on my chest and come home the next day.”
Her twins, Quinlan and Willow, were allowed home after two weeks in the special ward.
Jana shares her and their son Charlie, one, with her husband Paul Gatward, a finance attorney.
She said she was lying there after the birth and wasn’t sure what would happen to her children, who were born premature at 34 weeks
She also has a 14-year-old son, Cornelis, from her marriage to her first husband and former trainer Chris Rawlinson.
Two of Jana’s children, daughters Emily (six) and Jemima (four), were born through IVF and through an anonymous sperm donor.
Jana announced she was pregnant with twins in October and posed for a cute spread with New Idea.
Jana announced she was pregnant with twins in October and posed for a cute spread with New Idea
At the time, she admitted she was worried about her growing family’s “logistical nightmare.”
She told the publication: “I never thought I’d have six kids, I don’t know how we’re going to handle that. How do we all fit in my car? I can see that life will be a logistical nightmare.
The athlete-turned-physician went on to confirm that she will no longer have children and looks forward to spending the rest of her life surrounded by her Brady Bunch family.
She has six children in total, three with her current husband Paul Gatward, one with her ex-husband Chris Rawlinson and two who she had through IVF with an anonymous sperm donor