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Swans star Gary Rohan loses daughter five hours after birth

"The most perfect little souls we have ever laid eyes on, we feel so truly blessed to be your parents". - by Grace Back
  • 13 Apr 2018
Swans star Gary Rohan loses daughter five hours after birth
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Sydney Swans star Gary Rohan has announced the birth of his twin daughters, in a moment he will 'cherish forever' with wife Amie. 

In the heartbreaking image posted to Instagram, Rohan announced the birth of Bella and Willow, describing them as 'the most perfect little souls we have ever laid eyes on.' 

Tragically, Willow – who was diagnosed in the womb with anencephaly – had just five hours with her parents before she passed away as a result of the condition.

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Our beautiful baby girls have arrived Thursday the 12th of April 2018 Bella Rae Rohan 1780g / 3 pound 9 43cm 8:59am Willow Nevaeh Rohan 1295g / 2 pound 8 41cm 9:00am The most perfect little souls we have ever laid eyes on, we feel so truly blessed to be your parents xxx Amie, Bella and I soaked up every second we had with Willow, making as many lasting memories as we could all together. Its those little moments we know we will never get back, and we will forever cherish the time we spent as our little family of four, before our darling Willow grew her little angel wings 👼🏼 Bella is currently getting some special care in the NICU nursery but all in all doing very well. We can't thank our team at the Royal Woman's enough, yesterday was one off the hardest days Amie and I have ever had to deal with. It was a day full of many mixed emotions and you, our team, made everything so perfect. Words truly can't express how grateful we are. To absolutely everyone else, thank you so very much for your kind words and support during this sad, happy, joyful and exciting time in our lives we are very proud parents off two beautiful little girls who we love so very much xxx Our little angel Willow, oh how much you taught us in your precious 5 hours here 'A life so brief, a child so small, you had the power to touch us all'

It was revealed months ago that one of the two twins had been diagnosed with the fatal neural tube defect that was described as 'not compatible with life.'

Anencephaly is a condition that causes the underdevelopment of the brain, scalp and skull.

'Amie, Bella and I soaked up every second we had with Willow, making as many memories as we could all together,' Rohan added in his Instagram post. 

'It’s those little moments we know we will never get back, and we will forever cherish the time we spent as our little family of four, before our darling Willow grew her little angel wings.

'Bella is currently getting some special care in the NICU nursery but all in all doing very well.

'Our little angel Willow, oh how much you taught us in your precious 5 hours here ‘A life so brief, a child so small, you had the power to touch us all.'

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Smiles all round cos yesterday we hit the 31 week mark @garyrohan16 🤗🤗🤗 #surprisingourselveseveryday #31weekspregnant #31weekspregnantwithtwins #anencephalyawareness

Sending love to Amie, Gary and Bella! 

This article originally appeared on New Idea

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