BORN at 23 weeks – a week before the abortion limit – they were given little hope of surviving. Twins Felix and Rhonin Maslanka were so tiny, they each fit into the palm of a hand. The …
Felix and Rhonin Maslanka are thought to be among the youngest ever twins, born at 23 weeks and four daysBORN at 23 weeks - a week before the abortion limit - they were given little hope of surviving.6
The brothers, believed to be the youngest set of twins to be born so early and survive, have now celebrated their first birthday - and are thriving."When they were first born we didn't know what would happen.Mum and dad Amy and Liam were warned their sons were unlikely to surviveThe 29-year-old took herself to Southend Hospital, on March 9 last year, where doctors discovered she had a water infection.
"We were so excited but also so worried about being excited because we didn't know what was going to happen to them," Amy said.Why is the abortion limit set at 24 weeks? At this stage if a foetus was still in mum's womb it would be breathing and eating through their mum.It means babies born this early require very intensive and invasive care to try and keep them alive.
But pro-life campaigners that want to lower the abortion limit argue medical advances mean more very premature babies are surviving. "It was very hard. They were the length, from the middle finger to the wrist, smaller than my partner's hand."Mercury PressAmy and Liam had to wait 50 days to hold Felix and 52 days to hold his brother Rhonin, because they were so tiny
“His oxygen levels had dropped so low they told us we’d have to consider that he could be brain damaged.Despite the odds they faced, the twins have just celebrated their first birthdays, and are thriving
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