Ö÷²¥´óÐã

Service not found
rounded corners top


Adebayor's started so well for Man City
Have your say»
5 live
Sat 05 September 15:00 Scotland v Macedonia
5 live sports extra
Fri 25 Sep, 10.55
Formula 1
1st Practice - Singapore
rounded corners bottom
« Previous | Main | Next »

Being mum to conjoined twins

Lou Birt - Programme Editor | 09:02 AM, Monday, 1 December 2008

Doctors are hoping to decide tomorrow whether to separate newly-born conjoined twins Faith and Hope Williams this week. Their mother, Laura Williams from Shrewsbury, made medical history by becoming the world's youngest mother of conjoined twins at just 18.

They're joined from the breastbone to the top of the navel, and are being cared for at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.

Joan Varley knows what Laura Williams is experiencing. She gave birth to conjoined twins in 1997. Aoife and Niamh shared a liver and were separated when they were 12 weeks old.

We spoke to Joan from a studio near her home in County Mayo in Ireland. You can hear the interview below and see photos of her twins at birth and now.






Siamese-twins-7_blog-full.jpg


Siamese-twins-5_blog.jpg

Siamese-twins-8_blog.jpg

Comments

Jump to more content from this blog

About this blog

The blog for the Victoria Derbyshire programme on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio 5 live

Subscribe to Victoria Derbyshire's Blog

You can stay up to date with Victoria Derbyshire's Blog via these feeds.

Victoria Derbyshire's Blog Feed(RSS)

Victoria Derbyshire's Blog Feed(ATOM)

If you aren't sure what RSS is you'll find useful.

About Victoria Derbyshire

Victoria's photographs

See more at

Ö÷²¥´óÐã Blog Network

Ö÷²¥´óÐã iD

Ö÷²¥´óÐã navigation

Ö÷²¥´óÐã © 2014 The Ö÷²¥´óÐã is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.