Check out this article about twins from the Daily Mail, then come on back … I’ll wait.
Amazing!
Doctors were able to save a twin they assumed would die in the womb by cutting the placenta in half to isolate the healthier twin so that the death of the weaker twin would not result in the loss of both babies. Seems to me they may have stumbled upon a new procedure for allowing twins that are seemingly not co-equals in the womb a chance to survive.
Mrs Jones said: “They thought it may be because the placenta had been divided. Inadvertently, it had evened out the distribution of nutrition between them, allowing Gabriel to survive.’
When Mrs Jones reached 31 weeks doctors carried out a caesarian to deliver the twins. Ieuan weighed 3lb 8oz and Gabriel 1lb 15oz. Both were kept in hospital, but since going home they have thrived. At seven months, Ieuan weighs 15lb and Gabriel 12lb 6oz.
Mrs Jones said: “The boys are so healthy, they have huge appetites too. Ieuan is the noisy one, while Gabriel is always laughing, it’s like he’s just so happy to be here.
“There is such a strong bond between them.
“They are always holding hands and if one cries, the other reaches out to comfort him.”
And to think, the doctors were so sure the weaker twin was going to die, their first course of treatment was to abort this baby by cutting the umbilical cord, but the cord was too strong. The mother did not want to lose her baby, but the doctors convinced her that the one twin must die to save the other.
What I don’t get is why, with all the sharp toys these doctors had at their disposal to help them play god, none of them was sharp enough to cut through the umbilical cord… something to think about.
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