A proud mum told how her daughter saved her twin sister’s life by sending out distress signals in the womb. Now aged three, Poppy McBride still protects twin Winnie, just as she did even before they were born.
Doctors delivered the twins when Poppy's heart rate began to waver on the monitor at 31 weeks and five days. But despite being the smaller of the twins at 1lb 11oz, she was perfectly healthy and nothing was wrong with her heart.
It was Winnie - weighing 3lbs 8oz - who doctors hadn’t been concerned about during the pregnancy that was born with underdeveloped lungs. She was whisked off to the intensive care unit.
