and to bring them safely into the world meant their mum, rachel, had to be constantly monitored. you know, we said it all along that if this works out, it will actually be a miracle. the amount of people that have had to advise us, give us support. rachel talks of miracles because a chance of losing twins with the same placenta and amniotic sac, called medically monocrionic and monoamniotic, is 5a times higher than a singleton pregnancy in the first 2a weeks. after that, clinicians have tojudge when is the best time to deliver the babies. for gem and wylder, thatjudgment call came just short of 28 weeks. two days before their 28 weeks gestation, we went for a routine scan and that s when they started to see complications. the twins were successfully delivered. they are now 32 weeks old and doing well, but it s likely they will remain in hospital for another couple of months before they can go home.
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