Heartbreaking decision to remove parasitic twin from brother’s stomach so one child can survive

A conjoined twin was removed from his twin brother’s stomach after a heartbreaking decision to let one child survive.

Mum Hemlata Singh, from Jodphur India, gave birth to a healthy baby boy called Sonni, but attached to his stomach was his partially formed brother, known as a parasitic twin.

Parasitic twins occur when an embryo develops inside the mother’s womb but the pair does not separate, leaving one embryo maintaining dominant development.

Unlike conjoined twins, a parasitic twin isn’t completely formed and is totally dependant on the healthier baby’s body to survive. READ FULL STORY AT http://www.sametynews.tk/2017/11/heartbreaking-decision-to-remove.html