Parents of an unborn child have decided to push through with the pregnancy despite being advised by their doctors to undergo abortion because their baby has two brains and two faces, the Daily Mail reports.
Renee Young and Simon Howie from Sydney, Australia say they were shocked when ultrasound tests revealed the twins they were expecting were in fact just one child - who has two faces and two brains. Three-dimensional scans showed that the unborn baby has two legs, two arms and one body. All of its vital organs, including a strong beating heart are also for just one person. Upon seeing the scans, their doctor advised them to consider terminating the pregnancy "because it would be looked upon by the public as a freak."
Even if this was the case, Young and Howie decided to go through with it and simply surround the child with the people who love it. Ms. Young described her 19-week baby as healthy and the heartbeat is also "beautiful". "The brain activity's good, in both brains." The condition, an extreme form of conjoined twins known as craniofacial hyperhidrosis or diprosopus is rare that so far, there has only been 35 cases reported, and none has survived.
Howie admitted that they refused to terminate the pregnancy on moral grounds. "We thought it was the same as bringing home a child with autism or Down syndrome. I don't really believe in terminating a baby if it's healthy and growing fine." Ms. Young stressed the point by saying: "Everything happens for a reason."
