The parents of twin babies born three months early, both weighing under 2lb, have had to divide their time between two hospitals almost 50 miles apart as one of their sons recovers from bowel surgery.
Parents Rebecca and Lawrence Tuckett, from Skewen, were expecting the twins to be born on August 9 - but Rebecca went into labour over three months early in late April.
"I went into completely spontaneous labour," said Rebecca. "We were in the house, I had a little ripple of pain and got into the hospital. By the time I got there I was in full, active labour. Technically, Franklin is twin one, but it was Micah who started the labour. We had to do an emergency c-section. I said: ‘that’s fine, just get them out safe and sound and I’ll heal from what I have to heal from'." You can get more health news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
