I Fought For My Miracle Twins

Alex and Mark Bell were told that one of their boys would not survive – but little fighter Zach proved everyone wrong!

- Sean Whittington

At 19 weeks pregnant and expecting twins, exuberant first-time mum Alex Bell heard words no  parent should ever hear: “We think you should terminate one baby and keep the other.”

“It was the worst day of my life,” says a teary Alex, who was told one of her babies had a life-threatening heart condition, tricuspid atresia, while the other was perfectly healthy.

A doctor gave her and her husband Mark three choices – terminate the baby in the womb, give birth then take the infant home to die, or face the prospect of their son having numerous life-threatening operations in his first few years.