Photos: Australian Mum Gives Birth To Miracle Conjoined Twins With 2 Brains And One Body

A very rare condition has resulted in woman giving birth to miracle conjoined twins with two brains in the same skull. The baby appears to have to faces, attached to one neck and body.

Renee Young had been advised to terminate the pregnancy by doctors in Australia ‘because it would be looked upon by the public as a freak’.

 
But she defied the doctors because Ms Young had never terminated a pregnancy and because they had a family 'that gives us a lot of support'.

 
Now she and partner Simon Howie, from Sydney, have now welcomed the astonishing little girls – six weeks early.

And they've been given appropriate names – Faith and Hope.

The girls are the result of a rare condition known as disrosopus, where a baby is born with two faces.


The condition is so rare that only 35 cases have ever been recorded and none have survived.

Their father Mr Howie said:

“They are breathing perfectly on their own and feeding,”
“They even had their first bath last night.
“We have no idea how long they will be in hospital. We just want to bring them home, happy and healthy to make our family a little bit bigger and a bit more chaotic.
“Even though there is only one body, we call them our twins
“To us, they are our girls and we love them.”

The couple, who are parents to seven other children, say have braced themselves for a difficult path ahead and refuse to say goodbye to their twins prematurely.

'I would say, if I only get two days with the baby, I only get two days with the baby - at least I have some time with it,' Ms Young said.

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