My sister and I are Momo twins we were given a 1% chance of survival at birth but now were 24

A woman who is one of the rarest types of twins in the world says she is grateful to be alive after doctors gave her and her sister a one per cent chance of survival.Hope and her sister, Faith Baxter, both 24, are “Momo twins” — short for monochorionic monoamniotic, meaning identical twins who shared a placenta and amniotic sac.Doctors told their parents that if they went to full term there was a chance one of the twins would not survive, so they decided to induce them two months early.The twins spent six weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and were given a 1% chance of survival.Hope said it was a “miracle” that both of them are alive and thank their parents every day for their decision to have them induced.“I didn’t realize the severity and extent of the amount of fear my parents were put through,” Hope, a dental student, from Lima, Ohio, said.“I am so grateful to them to be here — every day is a gift for us,” said Hope.“I am so proud of how far we have got.

Even to have both of us here, alive and well, is a miracle.”Her mother was five months pregnant when doctors told her she was expecting Momo twins.Momo twins, also written as Mo/Mo twins, have a higher risk of complications during the pregnancy — including infant death and childhood disability — which fueled their parents’ decision to induce them two months early.“When they found out we were Momo twins, they were told there could be further complications down the line which is why we were born two months premature,” Hope said.“It was my dad’s call, the doctors didn’t want us out so early as we were fully developed.They told my dad that if we went full term there was a chance that one of us might not make it.“My dad said he wanted both twins to survive and told the doctors he wanted us to be induced two months early.” Subscribe to our weekly Post Care newsletter! Please provide a valid email address.

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