when baby harley was born in october last year, she was just 15 centimetres long, half a ruler, and weighed 500 grams, orjust under one pound in old money. her twin harry, born an hour later, weighed a fraction more, 520 grams. they were so tiny, they could fit in the palm of your hand. harley and harry s mum and dad jade and steve will remember forever the momentjade went into labour early, very early. at 22 weeks and five days. i remember you looked at me and said, didn t you, that this could be the worst day of our lives. i corrected myself as i was saying it, i remember saying, i was thinking this is going to be the worst day of our lives. and as i was saying it, i corrected myself and said, this could be the worst day of our lives. and he said, it could also be the best. and here we are, you know. despite all the odds.
monster from the deep. it is a monster cod. as long as a man and weighing eight stone. as long as a man? as long as a man. my love fish but this might put me off, they reckon it is 20 years old. 0h, but this might put me off, they reckon it is 20 years old. oh, and eight stone. we have talked about getting fish at the moment and fish and chip shop struggling to get supplies from russia, but codzilla could supply the nation. he would want to barter that. indeed! over the last few weeks, we ve been following the story of twins harry and harley crane, who are thought to be britain s most premature babies to have survived. they spent the first five months of their lives in intensive care, and needed a series of operations, but they re both finally home. graham satchell has been catching up with their parents.
are you all right, harry? yes? and harley? hello! i can t wait to be able to communicate to them how proud of them i am. anything is possible for them because of what they have done already. it s miraculous. it s notjust us either. doctors are amazed by what they re doing. the specialists. they can t believe it. they can t believe their development. it seems just miraculous. they give me my strength, they are, i am so proud of them. theyjust are true fighters. and, yeah, i mjust so proud of them. and like steve, i can t wait to be able to tell them their story, and show them, and how proud we are. jade and steve had ivf treatment for 11 years before they were successful. it s been a long fight to get this far.
to recover from and overcome. yeah, yeah. the twins have now been home for a month and are doing well. babies born before 24 weeks are very likely to have developmental problems, but jade says they should still be given every chance. i always used to say, well, can they feel, will they be able to feel love? that s the main thing for me. and they can. and at the moment, they seem absolutely perfect, you know. we could have problems along the way but that s not to say that anybody, a baby that s born at 30 weeks or at full term, that they aren t going to have problems, we know that from being in the unit for so long that babies at full term can have developmental problems. so people say, they could have health problems in the future. so could you. five weeks at home. how are you feeling, harry and harley? 0k?
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