Jordan Ablett, wife of AFL star Gary Ablett Jr., has revealed she induced her labour so her mother could meet her newborn son before beginning urgent cancer treatment. In an interview with Stellar Magazine, the 30-year-old said she was told a week before her due date that her mother Trudy Papalia had stage four lung cancer and needed to start radiation chemotherapy.
'I needed my mum to be a part of it,' Jordan said, explaining she asked her obstetrician to induce labour. The doctor agreed, and Trudy was able to meet her grandson Levi shortly after his birth in January 2019. 'She started crying, because when you've been given that news you can't help but think the worst. For her to be able to be a part of that moment was really special,' Jordan added.
Although the chemotherapy was initially successful, Trudy's cancer has since returned and she is now in palliative care. Jordan said the most difficult part is seeing her mother unable to be a grandmother to Levi, especially amid the coronavirus pandemic.
In the same interview, Jordan also spoke about being referred to as a WAG (wives and girlfriends of sports stars). 'It makes you sound like property,' she said of the term. Jordan and Gary married in 2016 and welcomed their son in January 2019.
