Meet The Faces of Wear Green for Premmies Day

As you may know, the Wear Green for Premmies Day is held each year during April to raise awareness and much needed funds for premature babies, research and care. Last year, more than $10,000 was raised, which was then donated to neonatal intensive care units and special care nurseries around Australia.

The faces of Wear Green for Premmies Day this year are gorgeous twins Nathan and Samuel, born eight weeks early to parents Scott and Jodi due to twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome and an incompetent cervix.

The twins stayed at the Mercy Hospital in Heidelberg for seven weeks. Nathan suffered from CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) and jaundice, and required ventilation and feeding through a gastroenteric tube; Samuel had a blood transfusion.

“Scott and my mother were the best support at the time,” says Jodi. “They both visited every day, did my washing and made sure I had everything to make the time a little easier.

“I had a huge support network of friends and family. My friend Tamara, who worked in a florist, made sure I had fresh flowers in my room the whole time.”

Jodi fondly remembers the first double ‘kangaroo care’ cuddle she gave the boys, and also when she could breastfeed without the loud machines for the first time.

Samuel and Nathan are now very healthy four-year-olds. As well as being the faces of Wear Green for Premmies Day, the boys enjoy going to kinder and playing Auskick.