Pic shows: Doctors with the twins; Doctors have successfully delivered two twin boys who were born more than three months before their due dates and who are now known as the "Palm Brothers" before of their small size. Their 31-year-old mother from Quzhou City, in East Chinaâs Zhejiang Province, was only 26 weeks into her pregnancy when she was rushed to the cityâs Women & Children Health Care Hospital for urgent treatment last week. The mum surnamed Chen underwent fertility treatment three years ago and successfully conceived her twins this February, reports said, but she was hospitalised after experiencing vaginal bleeding, with doctors fearing the worst for her babies. She was admitted early in the morning and initial diagnoses were either a miscarriage or a placental abruption â the separation of the placenta from the wall of the womb during pregnancy, especially when occurring prematurely. After Chen and her family begged doctors to do everything they could to save her twins, medics helped her deliver the premature boys at 5pm â some 11 hours after admission. Reports said the older twin weighs 930 grams (2.05 lbs), while the younger brother is just 750 grams (1.65 lbs). At 26 weeks, both boys are very underdeveloped. Doctors intubated the Palm Brother and have also wrapped them up in cling film to prevent the loss of moisture from their fragile bodies. The babies are also being kept in incubators and are now monitored around the clock by doctors and nurses at the hospital who are hoping the young twins pull through. (Central European News)
Extremely premature twin boys in China are fighting for their lives after being born weighing a mere 2.05 and 1.65 pounds. Doctors have shrouded the newborns in cling wrap to help retain the moisture of their underdeveloped bodies, Central European News (CEN) reported.
Their mother, identified only by her surname, Chen, was recently admitted to the Women & Children Health Care Hospital in East China’s Zhejiang province for vaginal bleeding prior to giving birth. Doctors initially suspected she underwent a miscarriage or a placental abruption, wherein the placenta and the wall of the womb separate during pregnancy, CEN reported.
But Chen, 31, begged doctors to do their best to save her unborn children. About 11 hours after she was admitted, they delivered the twins, who were born 26 weeks premature. Doctors nicknamed them “the Palm Brothers” due to their miniature sizes.
They intubated the babies and placed them in incubators to help save their lives. Doctors and nurses at the hospital are monitoring them around the clock, and they are hoping they pull through, CEN reported.