A mum who turned down a termination of her unborn twin daughter to give her a "chance to fight" is celebrating her remarkable recovery. Marie Stockdale was left frantic with worry after being told one of her babies had a rare brain condition and an abnormality with her oesophagus.
Marie, 35, a dinner lady from Penrith, Cumbria, had been delighted to be expecting twin daughters with her partner, 48-year-old HGV driver Paul Kipling. After receiving the news of one pof the twins' condition, they chose to turn down the abortion and, when the twins were born in May 2022, Ava underwent emergency surgery to correct her oesophagus.
Ava and sister Mila are now eight-and-a-half months old. Despite a tumultuous first few weeks, feeding through a tube and continued hospital treatment every two months, Ava has come on leaps and bounds.
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