The Apprentice star Tom Skinner has become a father once again, to twins, after his wife gave birth. Unfortunately, Tom missed the birth of the twins, after his wife, Sinead, was rushed for an emergency c-section, four weeks earlier than planned.Tom was away managing a West Ham Legends team in a tournament in North Carolina when he received a call from his wife telling him that she needed to go into hospital immediately, otherwise her life and those of her babies would be in danger.
He made a desperate scramble back to the UK, where he met his baby girls, Roma and Darla.The family are now settling back home after spending a few weeks in hospital.
Tom told The Sun: “The doctor said to me they noticed in a routine scan that Twin B had not gained any weight and hasn’t grown at all, and her heartbeat is really slow. “He told me ‘there’s a significant risk to your wife’s life and twins’ life if we don’t get them out immediately. “‘We need to get these babies out within the next 24 hours - latest - but I want to do it now.’” Given that he couldn't get another flight for five hours after hearing the news, Tom went back to the match to manage his football team, as planned.
Explaining the rationale behind his decision, he said that he felt he "might as well" do what he had set out to do (managing the team) as he said he had "five hours to kill" and "nothing else to do" and that Sinead was waiting for the op.
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