A couple have welcomed their twin girls into the world after they underwent life saving surgery while still in the womb.
Ammaarah and Adil had tried for years to conceive, so when they discovered they were expecting twins at an early reassurance scan at Liverpool Women's Hospital they were overjoyed. However, just 22 weeks into their pregnancy, the parents-to-be were told the devastating news their unborn baby girls were suffering from a life threatening condition called Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS).
The rare condition occurs in pregnancies where twins share one placenta and a network of blood vessels that supply oxygen and nutrients essential for development in the womb. In some cases, this can cause the vessel connections within the placenta to be dispensed unevenly, creating an imbalance.
