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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Heartbreaking Ultrasound Shows Dying Twin Baby Holding His Sister’s Hand

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By Micaiah Bilger

Kansas family Ian and Brittani McIntire were heartbroken when doctors told them that one of their unborn twins probably will die before he is born.

Baby Mason McIntire has a hole in his heart and an abnormal brain. But the family said they are clinging to the knowledge that Mason is not alone in the womb. His unborn twin sister, Madilyn, is there to comfort him.

On Tuesday, the family shared with their local news station a heartbreaking ultrasound image of baby Mason’s tiny hand clinging onto his sister’s fingers.

Brittani said the ultrasound tech told her that her twins’ interactions are unusually kind and gentle, as if they know that Mason may not live long. It could very well be true.Scientific studies have found that unborn babies feel emotions like joy, anger and sadness in the womb long before they are born.

“Most twins, when she’s trying to take pictures and stuff, they’re kicking each other and hitting each other, and she said with our twins it seems like [Madilyn] was very protective over him,” the mother said.

“I know I’m holding him, I’m carrying him but I just want to be there for him,” she continued. “And she’s the only one who can actually be there and holding onto him through it, so it’s comforting to know that if he does pass he won’t be alone.”


1 comment:

  1. Babies are human from conception. No one can say that this is untrue.

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