Twin 'sacrifice' could save sis

A MUM who gave birth to conjoined sisters faces the awful prospect of "sacrificing" the weaker child to save the other.

The conjoined twins share one body with two legs but have two hearts, two stomachs and two spines.

They were delivered by Caesarean section last Wednesday and doctors in Vietnam have said one may have to be "sacrificed" to save the other.

The sisters are thought to suffer an extremely rare form of twin conjoinment - dicephalic parapagus.

It means only one body develops in the womb and because they share it, they can never be properly separated.

Their mother, 35, was told she was having normal twins after scans during her pregnancy picked up two heartbeats.   More Read