The incredible bond of twins who were nearly killed in the womb IOL_Lifestyle
London - Lying side by side with big, bright smiles, it’s hard to believe twins Carter and Grayson Swailes share a bond so close it almost killed them.
But the pair, who weighed little more than a bag of sugar each at birth, have thrived against the odds, celebrating their first birthday earlier this year. The "MoMo" condition, which means babies share the same amniotic sac and have separate umbilical cords, occurs in just one percent of twin pregnancies and has a 50 percent survival rate.
Wilkinson was warned one twin was not growing as quickly as the other and in January last year, when she was 29 weeks pregnant, the smaller twin’s heart rate began to drop.
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