Married couple Jenny and Rich Powell from the United Kingdom have long dreamed of having children, but those dreams failed to come true for a full 11 years.
In 2018, the couple turned to a clinic for help, and through IVF, Jenny managed to get pregnant with twins a little later. She considered it a real miracle, and began to look forward to the arrival of the babies into the world.
But with the arrangement of the nursery and the purchase of baby things had to hurry. Specialists concluded that the babies would be born a little early.Jenny was six months pregnant when she and her husband went on vacation to the coast of Cornwall.
They were sure that the addition to their family would not happen before a month and a half or two months. But it had happened much sooner. Already at the beginning of the trip, Jenny felt unwell, and Rich took her to the nearest clinic.
After examining Jenny, specialists recommended that she go to the Oxford clinic. Given the fact that the distance of more than 300 kilometers had to be overcome as quickly as possible, it was decided to use a coast guard helicopter.
Already in 75 minutes Jenny was on site. The next day the twins Reuben and Jenson were born.Reuben and Jenson were born at 23 weeks gestation, which is a full four months ahead of schedule. Each of them weighed less than 600 grams at birth (590 and 535 grams respectively) and there are no such cases in the history of Great Britain, when everything ended favorably.
Experts did not give any prognosis. Meanwhile, the babies, day by day, were approaching their first significant anniversary at 1 month.Reuben and Jenson spent more than six months in the clinic before they could go home.
The babies gained weight rather slowly, but steadily. Their discharge from the hospital was a huge celebration for the whole family.The twins now.
By the time they were a year old, Reuben and Jenson had practically caught up with their peers in height and weight. On the babies’ first birthday they were visited by all the Coast Guard helicopter crew and staff at the Oxford Clinic.
The twins are now three years old. And it’s hard to imagine that these mischievous and cheerful boys weighed less than 600 grams at birth.