A 40-year-old woman has broken Taiwan's record for the longest period of time between the birth of twins, delivering them 111 days apart. Twins born over 24 hours apart are extremely rare, and the success rate is very low, around 0.01%.
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00:00A 40-year-old woman has broken Taiwan's record for the longest period between birth of twins,
00:07delivering them 111 days apart.
00:11The woman lost her first baby prematurely around 20 weeks into her pregnancy.
00:16Usually, if one twin is born prematurely, the other twin is also delivered.
00:21But instead, doctors decided the woman should continue carrying the second baby, and over
00:26100 days later, it was born.
00:29Twins born over more than 24 hours apart are extremely rare, with high risks of complications.