NO ONE knows exactly why Fynn was born so early, medical tests failed to show any reasons.
“Maybe he just wanted to have a special birthday,” his mum Christie Molinaro said.
Christie and her husband Jamie, from Werribee, welcomed Fynn into the world 11 weeks early on 11/11/2011, weighing just 1.2 kilograms.
“I’d had a few complications in the last five weeks but they were still monitoring the situation and there was no suggestion that he would be born prematurely,” Ms Molinaro said.
“I went in for an ultrasound and a few hours later I went into spontaneous labour and he was born.”
While Ms Molinaro’s labour only lasted one hour and 11 minutes, Fynn spent the next three and a half weeks in hospital, continuing to get stronger and stronger.
Today he is a happy and healthy baby that is confidently walking around his house and smiling at every opportunity.
“We were never called into a room and told he wasn’t going to make it so we just watched him get bigger,” Ms Molinaro said.
“We are very lucky to have a healthy kid.”
Almost the instant Fynn was born he was signed up for a membership at his father’s football team, the West Coast Eagles, and his mother’s team, the Western Bulldogs.
Now the biggest worry for his parents is which team he will pick when he is old enough.
“He can pick whatever team he wants as long as it’s not Collingwood, Carlton or Fremantle,” Ms Molinaro said.
Ms Molinaro now volunteers with the Miracle Babies Foundation, which launched a new regular giving campaign last week.
The foundation is hoping to deliver support to the more than 45,000 families of children born prematurely in Australia every year.
People who would like to donate to the campaign can visit www.miraclebabies.org.au or call 1300 773 664.
