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Conjoined 'snake twins' born in China - The Telegraph 6th July 2009
A mother has given birth to conjoined twins dubbed the "snake babies" as they are attached at the waist.
Father of conjoined twins describes 'hardest moment of life' - The Telegraph - The Telegr 13th February 2009aph 13th February 2009
The father of conjoined twins Hope and Faith describes the "hardest moment" of his life minutes after he told doctors to let one of his daughters die in a new documentary.
French surgeons perform rare operation to separate conjoined twin boys - The Telegraph 5th February 2009
French surgeons have performed a rare operation to separate conjoined twin boys joined at the throat and stomach.
Charity backs mother Lisa Chamberlain over Siamese twins - The Times 13th January 2009
A woman pregnant with conjoined twins who have one body and two heads has been backed by a charity in her decision not to seek an abortion.
Lisa Chamberlain, 25, a Roman Catholic, had a scan last week that showed she was carrying dicephalous embryos.
Conjoined twins: Woman pregnant with twins with two heads and single body - The Telegraph 12th January 2009
A woman pregnant with a rare type of conjoined twins has pledged not to have an abortion, despite doctors giving them just a 20 per cent chance of survival.
Woman keeps rare conjoined twins - BBC Health News 12th January 2009
A woman pregnant with a rare form of conjoined twins plans to press ahead with the pregnancy.
Mother-to-be Lisa Chamberlain had a scan last week which showed her embryo had two heads and one body - making them dicephalus twins.
'They will be back together again now': The parents of tragic Siamese twins share their devastating loss - Daily Mail 27th December 2008
Laura and Aled Williams had always known it was going to be a difficult Christmas. Far from family and friends, and with their surviving conjoined twin, Faith, lying in intensive care, this was neither the time nor the place for celebrating.
But even they couldn’t have predicted just how bleak it would turn out to be. For on Christmas Day afternoon, as families everywhere were opening presents and preparing lunch, Aled and Laura were saying goodbye to Faith.
Faith and Hope 'given a chance' - BBC Health News 28th December 2008
The parents of conjoined baby girls who died less than a month after being born have defended their decision to go ahead with the births.
"We gave them a chance," father Aled Williams, 28, told the Mail on Sunday, while mother Laura Williams, 18, said she would "do it all again".
Conjoined twin Faith dies on Christmas Day, weeks after her sister Hope failed to survive separation - The Guardian 27th December 2008
A conjoined twin who had survived 11 hours of surgery to separate her from sister died on Christmas Day, it was announced yesterday.
Faith Williams died "from the complexities of her condition" 23 days after her sister, Hope, died in an operation to separate the pair of infants. Doctors at Great Ormond Street hospital had given Faith a 50% chance of survival.
Risky surgery: separating conjoined twins - The Guardian 27th December 2008
Separating conjoined twins can be a complex and high-risk surgical procedure. For parents, separation can require harrowing ethical judgments - on rare occasions, for example, the procedure will mean sacrificing one twin's life to save another.
Twins can be joined in a variety of ways and the specifics of each operation to separate them depend heavily upon which vital organs, if any, the twins share.
Separated conjoined twin Faith Williams loses her fight for life - The Times 27th December 2008
Faith Williams, the conjoined twin who was separated from her twin at the beginning of December, died on Christmas Day. Her sister, Hope, had died during the operation to separate them.
The pair were born on November 26, joined at the chest, and doctors had warned their parents that the chances of survival were small.
Comment: Faith and Hope were indivisible - The Times 26th December 2008
The death of a child in any circumstances is a tragedy, yet the odds were against either Faith or Hope Williams, the conjoined twins, surviving after their separation.
Although the operation to separate the babies, born a month ago, was a technical success, it was impossible to tell how they would fare after surgery.
Faith Williams, conjoined twin, dies - The Times 26th December 2008
The conjoined twin Faith Williams died on Christmas Day, three weeks after losing her sister, Hope, during an operation to separate them.
The pair were born on November 26, joined at the chest, and doctors had warned their parents that their chances of survival were not great.
Siamese twin Faith loses battle for life 23 days after death of her sister - Daily Mail 27th December 2008
Conjoined twin Faith Williams, who had been fighting for life since the death of her sister Hope, died on Christmas Day in her teenage mother's arms.
Great Ormond Street Hospital announced the end to the story of the girls, saying it was 'sad but not unexpected'.
Last night, a friend of parents Laura and Aled Williams said the couple had taken solace in the fact that Faith had died on Christmas Day.
Conjoined twin dies in hospital - BBC Health News 26th December 2008
Conjoined twin Faith Williams died on Christmas Day, 23 days after the death of her sister.
Faith and sister Hope were joined at the chest when they were born on 26 November. Hope died in an operation to separate them on 2 December.
Surviving twin fights for her life - The Independent 24th December 2008
Faith Williams, the surviving conjoined twin, was gravely ill last night four weeks after her birth and doctors fear that she could die at any time.
The condition of the baby, who was survived an operation to separate her from her sister, Hope, when they were four days old, has shown no improvement since she was put on a ventilator at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Conjoined twins: Faith has operation to close hole in her chest - The Telegraph 15th December 2008
One of the conjoined twins separated by surgeons earlier this month has had an operation to close a hole in her chest.
More surgery for conjoined twin - BBC Health News 15th December 2008
A baby girl who was separated from her conjoined twin has had a successful operation to close her chest following heart surgery.
Faith Williams remains critical but stable at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Conjoined twin surgery successful - BBC Health News 12th December 2008
An operation to improve the circulation of a baby girl who was separated from her conjoined twin appears to have been successful, doctors have said.
Faith Williams underwent surgery at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital on Wednesday.
Conjoined twins: Baby Faith still in intensive care, Siamese - The Telegraph 8th December 2008
Conjoined twin baby Faith remains in intensive care with doctors battling to save her after her sister Hope died following the operation to separate them.
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