Little Harley and Harry Crane, the babies conceived via In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and were known as "U.K.'s most premature twins," are finally allowed to go home after staying five months in the hospital since they were born.
The twins were born at 22 weeks and five days. According to Daily Mail, babies born at five months are legally classified as "not viable," and medical intervention is sometimes not offered, but the doctors were amazed that the twins clung to life.
Doctors thought it was a miscarriage
Jade and her husband tried to get pregnant for three years until Jade had an ectopic pregnancy. The couple decided to go through IVF in 2010 but experienced heartbreaking miscarriages. The couple spent 11 years trying to get pregnant through IVF.
When Jade had a check-up on October 26, at 22 weeks of pregnancy, the doctors told her she was having another miscarriage. Jade insisted that she could still feel the babies moving. The nurse also explained why she could not hear the babies cry, and it was because they were born far too early.
Later, the couple heard a little cry, and the cries sounded like a tiny kitten. The doctors told them that the twins would not survive, The Good News Network wrote.
After the twins were born, Jade found a case in the U.S. who survived at 22 weeks and are now four years old. She said she connected with the mom on Instagram and the mom also guided her through her first days at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Most premature baby twins survive in the U.K.
According to BBC, Harley and Harry were born at 22 weeks and five days at the Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) in Nottingham.
Harry was discharged in the first week of March after almost five months in the neonatal unit, while his sister, Harley, was sent home after 140 days in intensive care.
The parents, Steve and Jade Crane, are "ecstatic."
According to Steve, it has been a long time and a treacherous journey, but they did not think they would get this far 140 days ago.
When the twins were born, Harry only weighed 520g (1.14 lb), while Harley weighed 500 g(1.10lb), the size of Mars bars, as per the doctor's description.
The babies were born with lung and serious gastrointestinal problems, which doctors warned the couple could be fatal.
The doctors said that the twins have since suffered sepsis, eye problems, and brain and lung bleeding. The twins also survived six operations and 25 blood transfusions.
The doctors expected that only one of the twins would survive. Hence, the babies were placed in a bereavement suite.
The twins defied the odds, to the astonishment of the doctors and nurses. Medical personnel said that the twins would go down in medical history, and one of the wards may be eventually named after the twins because everyone is amazed by them.
Jade said that it is hard to say goodbye to the dedicated doctors and medical staff who helped them through the 140 days, but she said she couldn't wait to bring them home where they belong so they can start a new life together.
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