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Sally Obermeder shares extraordinary picture of daughter and unborn baby

'Everything about this picture makes my heart explode' - by New Idea Writer
  • 12 Dec 2016
Sally Obermeder shares extraordinary picture of daughter and unborn baby Instagram

It was the moment that touched Sally Obermeder.

Waiting for the birth of her second child via surrogate, Sally watched as her five-year-old daughter Annabelle reached out and touched the belly of the surrogate who is carrying her new brother or sisters.

'Everything about this picture makes my heart explode with love and gratitude,' she wrote on Instagram.

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Sally and Annabelle are in the US waiting for the birth of the new baby. After battling cancer five years ago, Sally was told she wouldn't be able to carry another pregnancy.

Sally and husband Marcus then sought to find a surrogate and were successful. Mother-of three Rachel is expecting their baby any day.

But with the baby's birth delayed, Sally had to explain to Annabelle that they would not be home for Christmas. She was speechless when hotel staff set up a Christmas tree in their hotel room to help make Annabelle feel less far from home. 

'I mentioned to a hotel staff member that we'll be here for Xmas and Annabelle is a bit bummed. The next day while we were out they put up this amazing Xmas tree in our room - totally decorated it and you could have heard Annabelle squeal with delight four states away.'

2015 in one word. Mixed. Professionally it was amazing, personally it was heartbreaking. So many amazing things happened on the work front - The Daily Edition turned two and I couldn't be prouder to work on a show that I love ||SWIISH.com turned 3 and we launched an online store || our Super Green Smoothies book was a number one bestseller finished the year overall at number 3 || we wrote, photographed and finalised another book for next year || we launched the Summer Body 30 Day Challenge and are blown away daily by everyone's incredible stories of health and weight loss results || we grew our SWIISH team || we demolished and totally renovated the SWIISH office || I started working with AVON, a company who cares chiefly about the empowerment of women || and my breast cancer charity work continues to grow and hopefully keep making a difference. More achievements than I ever thought possible. But there was so much loss personally. A miscarriage and the loss of Marcus' beautiful mum leaves us heartbroken but also all the more grateful for the love and the family that we do have and here's to a hope filled 2016. Wishing everyone so much love and a happy heartwarming 2016. XXX ❤️❤️

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