Mother Talia Keates gave birth to her ‘little miracles,’ the world’s smallest twin boys!
Joe and Ashley each weighed less than 1lb each when they were born at only 23 weeks.
The mother from the UK said that the boys are her ‘1 in a million’ after they managed to defy all odds to live.
Joe, who was born weighing only 15.1oz, was only given one percent chance to live. However, he and his brother Ashley, who was born weighing 14.2oz, are now healthy babies at 7 months!
32-year-old Talia, a mother of six, said: “Ashley and Joe are my bouncing little miracles. I feel extremely lucky and very grateful. I guess they are one in a million.
“It’s truly extraordinary to think I could have the world’s smallest twin boys.”
The twins spent 129 days in the intensive care unit. “The doctors gave Joe just a one per cent chance after what he’d gone through,” Talia shared.
“And the consultant said it was incredibly rare for both twins to survive with such low birth weights.
“Studies have also shown premature boys are less likely to do as well as girls. It just goes to show what incredible fighters they are.
“With all these terrible predictions we just had to focus on each day in the hospital and each milestone.”
Talia’s husband 35-year-old Oliver, added: “It has been a very traumatic experience but we are just so truly grateful they are here.
“It has definitely brought us closer together as a family. We’ve been so blessed, they are our little miracle babies that complete our family.”
The parents discovered that their twin boys were the smallest after reading about the previous record, Robyn and Rylea Comer. Robyn weighed 1lb 3oz and Rylea weighed 15oz.
Talia, also mother to 3-year-old Sebastian, 5-year-old Teo, 7-year-old Jacob, and 8-year-old Imogen, said: “It has been a dramatic, emotional and long journey.
“It is still a long road ahead. We have regular check-ups and milestones to meet. The boys are just starting to smile and chuckle.”
She added: “But as each day goes by I can breathe a bit more easily. They are all worth it. I’m loving it all.”
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