A five-year-old girl born with 'mermaid syndrome' has taken her first steps after surgery to separate her legs.
Blaire Spivey was born with sirenomelia – a rare congenital foetal anomaly which meant her legs were rotated backwards from the knee and fused at her feet.
Mum, Noelle Spivey, 35, found out Blaire had the condition at her 12-week scan and said she was told it wasn’t a matter of “if” but “when” her unborn baby would die.
