This incredible photo shows how 'miracle' twin boys born at just 25 weeks were so tiny they weighed less than a loaf of bread and their hands were too small to even clasp dad's finger. Toni Lacey said she went through the heartbreak of a miscarriage last July so was overjoyed when she discovered she was pregnant again with twins a couple of months later.
The mum-of-four was having a 'perfect' pregnancy until she was diagnosed with uterine dehiscence during a routine scan on January 13. It's a rare but life-threatening complication occurring in less than 1% of pregnancies where a woman's uterine wall tears open, which is more common after they've had a caesarean.
The 27-year-old was hospitalised for three weeks until Arley Bowles was born weighing a teeny 1.5lbs and his brother Ayden weighing just 1.6lbs - both each less than a loaf of bread. They even had to be wrapped in plastic bags to keep them alive.
