The girls were born on 24th June, 12 weeks early.
Being this pre-mature meant they were first placed in Neonatal Special Care at Ealing then immediately transferred on to Neonatal Intensive Care at Chelsea and Westminster.
At this time they were absolutely tiny and completely reliant on specialist machinery and care 24/7.
They were so early that they didn't have names so for the first couple of days they were just "Twin 1" (Amelia, born 2lb 2oz) and "Twin 2" (Bethany, born 2lb).
Over the course of the next 12 weeks the intensive care needed reduced. After 3 weeks they were transferred out of Intensive Care to High Dependancy then after 1 month of life transferred back to Special Care at Ealing hospital, where they stayed for a further 8 weeks, gradually wheened off oxygen and tube feeding and various monitors.
This gallery contains some of the photos taken by the doting (and initially very scared) parents during the time in Hospital.
Being this pre-mature meant they were first placed in Neonatal Special Care at Ealing then immediately transferred on to Neonatal Intensive Care at Chelsea and Westminster.
At this time they were absolutely tiny and completely reliant on specialist machinery and care 24/7.
They were so early that they didn't have names so for the first couple of days they were just "Twin 1" (Amelia, born 2lb 2oz) and "Twin 2" (Bethany, born 2lb).
Over the course of the next 12 weeks the intensive care needed reduced. After 3 weeks they were transferred out of Intensive Care to High Dependancy then after 1 month of life transferred back to Special Care at Ealing hospital, where they stayed for a further 8 weeks, gradually wheened off oxygen and tube feeding and various monitors.
This gallery contains some of the photos taken by the doting (and initially very scared) parents during the time in Hospital.
Bethany, Day 3. The blue light effect is not a photo error -- to counter jaundice, Bethany is under a special blue-light photo-therapy.
Spot the little eye patch to pretect here little eyes. And both arms firmly fixed down to stop her pulling out the various tubes.
Spot the little eye patch to pretect here little eyes. And both arms firmly fixed down to stop her pulling out the various tubes.
Bethany, Day 3. The blue light effect is not a photo error -- to counter jaundice, Bethany is under a special blue-light photo-therapy.
Spot the little eye patch to pretect here little eyes. And both arms firmly fixed down to stop her pulling out the various tubes.
Spot the little eye patch to pretect here little eyes. And both arms firmly fixed down to stop her pulling out the various tubes.
