{"id":226339,"date":"2020-06-27T11:31:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T16:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=226339"},"modified":"2020-06-26T16:33:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T21:33:10","slug":"twin-brothers-born-24-weeks-now-thriving-toddlers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/twin-brothers-born-24-weeks-now-thriving-toddlers\/","title":{"rendered":"‘They’re my heroes’: Twin brothers born at 24 weeks are now thriving toddlers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Charlie and Harvey Baker were born at just 24 weeks in May 2017 weighing just over one pound each. The twins were a miracle, not just for surviving such an early birth, but because they also had the rare condition twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS). Doctors told their parents, Luci and Joseph, that the boys had a slim chance of surviving. Now they are three years old.<\/p>\n

“Every day, Joseph and I are shocked and amazed by how incredibly they’re both doing,” Luci told Caters News<\/a>. Their progress, along with the fact that babies as young as 21 weeks have survived<\/a>, calls into question the reasoning behind the legality of abortions even after 24 weeks.<\/p>\n

“Harvey and Charlie are proof that a baby born at 24 weeks can survive,” said Luci. “I couldn’t be more proud of Charlie and Harvey. They’re my heroes.”<\/p>\n

Because of TTTS, there were concerns that Charlie, who was receiving a greater amount of blood flow, was getting more nutrition than Harvey and therefore Harvey would not do well or grow properly. In some instances, doctors advise abortion for twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, though there is treatment<\/a> available. At birth, Charlie and Harvey only had a two-ounce weight difference between them. But their early birth brought on concerns of its own.<\/p>\n

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