A woman has given birth to miracle conjoined twins
with two brains in the same skull.
Renee Young had been advised to
terminate the pregnancy by doctors in Australia.
But she and partner Simon Howie,
from Sydney, have now welcomed the astonishing little girls
– six weeks early.
And they've been given appropriate
names – Faith and Hope.
The girls are the result of a rare
condition known as disrosopus, where a baby is born with two faces.
Fewer than 40 human such cases are
known to have been born. Even fewer survived beyond birth.
“They are breathing perfectly on
their own and feeding,” Mr Howie said.
“They even had their first bath last
night.
“We have no idea how long they will
be in hospital. We just want to bring them home, happy and healthy to
make our family a little bit bigger and a bit more chaotic.
“Even though there is only
one body, we call them our twins
“To us, they are our girls and we
love them.”
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