 When Gemma Townsend gave birth to her first premature baby, Sienna, now four, the tot arrived weighing just 3lbs 3oz. Baby Sienna was so small, that mum Gemma, 33, had to dress her in clothes for a baby Annabell doll when she came home after six weeks in hospital. Gemma gave birth to her second premature baby, Amelia, now 15 months, in June 2022, eight weeks early, weighing the exact same as her sister. She was even told to 'say goodbye' to Amelia when she struggled to recover from a collapsed lung. But thankfully, after being put in a coma for seven days and spending two months in hospital, little Amelia pulled through and was able to come home in August 2022 to join her sister, Sienna. Gemma, a support worker, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, said: 'Both were born early at exactly 31 weeks and three days and 3lbs 1oz each – which is really weird. Jamie and Sienna in 2018 (Picture: Gemma Townsend / SWNS) Sienna's newborn doll clothes (Picture: Gemma Townsend / SWNS) 'Sienna was so small she had to wear baby Annabell clothes as there was nothing else out there for her. 'They said 'you need to come in a say goodbye' [to Amelia]. 'We were told she was dying. I couldn't believe she made it. 'Sienna is besotted with her.' Gemma and Sienna (Picture: Gemma Townsend / SWNS) Sienna in the N.I.C.U in 2018 (Picture: Gemma Townsend / SWNS) Gemma was diagnosed with preeclampsia at 28 weeks with Sienna and was hospitalised up to her birth via c-section at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, on October 31, 2018, at 5.15pm. They decided she needed to give birth when Gemma's blood pressure shot up, and she was at risk of a seizure. Their daughter was so frail that Gemma and her husband, Jamie Townsend, 36, who works in IT, were scared to hold her. Gemma said: 'It was horrible. 'She was so frail and small.' Premature baby Amelia in 2022 (Picture: Gemma Townsend / SWNS) Gemma was diagnosed with HELLP syndrome){kind=link}
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When Gemma Townsend gave birth to her first premature baby, Sienna, now four, the tot arrived weighing just 3lbs 3oz.
Baby Sienna was so small, that mum Gemma, 33, had to dress her in clothes for a baby Annabell doll when she came home after six weeks in hospital.
Gemma gave birth to her second premature baby, Amelia, now 15 months, in June 2022, eight weeks early, weighing the exact same as her sister.
She was even told to ‘say goodbye’ to Amelia when she struggled to recover from a collapsed lung.