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Premature twins hug after meeting for the first time outside the womb


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Twins almost always have some sort of bond. And usually, they’re pretty close.

When those twins share the same amniotic sac within their mother’s uterus, they may feel even more close, having shared the first home together.

These sets of twins who share the same amniotic sac (unlike in other pregnancies where they have separate sacks) and the same placenta are called monochorionic monoamniotic twins.

This can be dangerous as the foetus gets its food through the placenta, so if they are sharing, it may lead to unequal nutrition being shared.

Ann Le from Melbourne, Australia, is one mother who was told she would be having monochorionic monoamniotic twins. Her children were also unfortunately born 12 weeks early which posed additional risks.

Thankfully though, Ann’s two daughters arrived safely into the world.

Due to some complications after birth, the two girls, Zoe and Olivia, were separated for 27 long days.

When they were first bought together, they even embraced one other and a picture caught the perfect moment.

Ann and her husband Jason Poon knew their pregnancy was high risk as the girls would be monochorionic monoamniotic twins, a rare condition in which twins are always identical, share the placenta and the amniotic sac, but have two separate umbilical cords.

Monoamniotic twins develop when an embryo doen’t split until after the formation of the amniotic sac at about 9-13 days after fertilisation.

These pregnancies are usually high risk and can lead to umbilical cord complications, abnormal amniotic fluid levels, low birth weight, or even Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome, when abnormal blood vessel connections form in the placenta and allow blood to flow unevenly between the babies.

When Zoe and Olivia’s heart rate became erratic before their delivery, Ann had to get an early emergency caesarian.

After being born, the girls weighed a mere two pounds and had to be rushed to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for 27 days where they were treated separately.

‘Unfortunately, because they were so little, I missed out on immediate skin-to-skin with them as they had to be taken to intensive care for breathing support, Ann wrote on her Instagram.

‘But I knew this coming into surgery and was just happy they were alive and kicking. 27 days after birth the girls finally got to meet. Zoe immediately went in for the hug.’

On International Women’s Day, Ann wrote about her daughters and how strong they were.

They are still not allowed to go home but may be allowed to do so in April when they were supposed to be born. However they also have to now have heeart surgery which could derail their home delivery.

Mum Ann is hopeful that the girls will be fighting through it all.

She wrote: ‘Today is International Women’s Day. Our strong little women have had a tough start to life but they are little fighters who keep pushing through.’

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