As a rule, twins are born one after the other, after a very short period of time. But this rule, it turns out, has exceptions.
Twin sisters Katie and Amy Jones-Elliot were born 87 days apart!
It happened in Ireland, their mother Maria Jones-Elliot and her husband were very happy when they learned that they were to become parents of two little ones at the same time. But at the 26th week of pregnancy, Maria felt unwell and had contractions.
The woman was taken to hospital and doctors told the mother-to-be that there was virtually no hope that the cubs would survive after birth.
Maria was depressed, but decided to fight and believe in her little girls, who turned out to be real fighters.
Tiny Amy was the first to be born, she weighed only 600 grams and she was immediately placed in an incubator for premature babies.
Doctors were expecting the second baby, as the contractions suddenly stopped
The second daughter, Katie, was born 87 days after Amy’s birth, she weighed 2 kg 300 grams and was completely healthy.
A year later, little Amy managed to catch up with her developing sister and the girls started looking like identical twins. Only now they have birthdays on different days and even months – Amy’s in June and Katie’s in August.
At the moment, the girls are already schoolgirls, they are fond of exact sciences and physical education. And they are also best friends.
