00:00I begged them to do anything that they could to help them to survive. I could feel my babies
00:05moving. I knew that they were alive. It had taken us over 10 years to have this pregnancy,
00:11a twin pregnancy. It was always filled with anxiety, didn't quite feel that everything was
00:16okay. That's what led me to go and get checked at 22 weeks and five days, the same day that
00:22I
00:23delivered the twins. Once at the hospital, she received the news no mother wants to hear. I was
00:28told that I was going to deliver these twins imminently and that I was probably having a
00:34miscarriage. That's when I felt a contraction. They started to talk to me about 22 weeks being
00:40non-viable and that there was zero to a 5% chance of them even surviving the birth. This pregnancy
00:48felt different to me. I felt it was meant to be and I wasn't prepared to leave that hospital
00:53empty-handed again. She begged the doctors to help save her babies. Eventually, they agreed.
01:00As I was standing there talking to the NICU team, my waters broke on the floor and at that moment,
01:06it was absolute panic. I remember saying, this is too soon. This could be the worst day of our lives.
01:11My husband said it could also be the best and it turns out that he was right. Did I think
01:18I'd be
01:18sitting here now with two four-year-olds? Absolutely not. Would I have it any other way? No.
01:25After 131 days fighting for their lives in hospital, both the twins survived against all odds.
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