‘We Were Told to Consider Termination’: World’s Smallest Twins Survive After Premature Birth at 23 Weeks

‘We Were Told to Consider Termination’: World’s Smallest Twins Survive After Premature Birth at 23 Weeks
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When mother and nurse Talia Keates, of Trowbridge, England, gave birth to twins at just 23 weeks into her pregnancy, there was every reason to expect that they might not survive.

Talia knew there was trouble at 17 weeks after a visit to the doctors, but it quickly became clear that their lives were on the line. “When we had the problems before birth, we were told to consider a termination,” she told The Sun. “Then [one of the twins’] waters broke early and they told me he may not survive and could die at birth.”