Record-breaking weight difference of twin sisters born 10 minutes apart

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Twincredible! Poppy, left, weighed just 5lbs 7ozs at birth while her sister, Daisy, game in at a healthy 8lbs 1oz


When Pamela Sutherland fell pregnant with twins, she was worried that people wouldn’t be able to tell them apart.

But as soon as they were born, she and husband Barry knew that it wasn’t going to be a problem.

Because at 8Ibs 1oz, twin Daisy dwarfed her sister Poppy, who weighed in at just 5Ibs 7ozs, when they were born at Elgin Maternity Hospital five weeks ago.

It is the biggest size difference between twins ever recorded in the UK.

Mrs Sutherland, 30, who lives in Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, with husband Barry, also 30, said: ‘We just couldn’t believe it when they were born and they looked so different.

‘Even the midwife was shocked when she weighed Daisy. She did a double take.’


No excuses: Their mother, Pamela Sutherland, can't get them mixed up because of their size difference


The couple, who also have a son Travis, three, knew from early scans that one twin was going to be bigger than the other as doctors had told them there would be a size difference.

Mrs Sutherland said: ‘It was picked up early on that there was going to be a size difference, but we never thought it was going to be as big as it was, and neither did the doctors.’

Size differences between twins can sometimes be caused by a life-threatening condition called Twin to Twin transfusion syndrome, where one twin takes more nutrients from the other.

The condition can be life-threatening and surgery can be carried out whilst the babies are still in the womb to separate the vessels conjoining them to even out the blood supply.

source: dailymail

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