It started as a normal Friday for 34-year-old Michelle ‘Blue’ Wormleaton, who packed her lunch and drove to work at Bartters.
After complaining of lower back pain towards the end of her shift, Ms Wormleaton had a friend take her to Griffith Base Hospital emergency department to have it checked.
“I had a horrible lower back ache and timed them on the way into hospital for a joke and they were 10 minutes apart, but never once did I think I was pregnant,” Ms Wormleaton said.
On arrival at Griffith Base Hospital Ms Wormleaton was examined in the emergency department before being taken to the maternity ward.
“I looked at my friend funny and couldn’t work out why I had to go to maternity. I still didn’t believe I was pregnant until I actually heard the heartbeat,” Ms Wormleaton said.
“We both sat there in shock and couldn’t speak; we were lost for words while listening to the monitor.”
Ms Wormleaton then had to get in contact with her partner, Josh Legge, to let him know he was about to become a father.
“I almost fainted when I heard the news. We had no idea we were going to become parents. Blue didn’t look one bit different, the only thing that changed was her bra size increased but we thought she was going through the change of life earlier then normal,” Mr Legge said.
Fellow employees at Bartters did not notice that Ms Wormleaton was going to become a mum either,
“We are all in the same shower room together and not one of the women noticed anything different. I didn’t buy bigger clothes at all the entire nine months or experience any sickness,” Ms Wormleaton said.
“One night both Josh and I got sick from what we thought was food poisoning after eating bad rissoles but, as for any other sickness, I had none.
“Everything that other women experience during their nine months of pregnancy I experienced just before I gave birth. Brodie kicked for the first time during labour.”
Most couples have nine months to think of things like names, purchase baby supplies and try and get used to the fact that their life will change drastically. Ms Wormleaton and Mr Legge had five hours.
Brodie Alan Legge was delivered safely into the world on December 1, 2007, weighing 6 pound and measuring 50 centimetres.
The name Brodie comes from McLeod’s Daughters and Dancing with the Stars favourite Bridie Carter. Mr Lette said if they ever had a girl they would call her Bridie.
The new parents have been blown away by the generosity of the Darlington Point and Coleambally community’s generosity.
“We don’t know many people here and the only thing we have brought is a pram. We didn’t even have to do that, but we saw one we liked,” Ms Wormleaton said.
“We would like to thank everyone for the well wishes, gifts and baby items that have been given to us.
“We just look at him and can’t believe it. Brodie is our miracle baby.”
Ms Wormleaton had an operation seven months ago and was having follow-up morphine injections for the pain, unaware of her pregnancy.
“The doctors and nurses didn’t pick it up either and I would have been two months pregnant. My stomach looked like a pin cushion from the injections,” Ms Wormleaton said.
Email a friend