Ten weeks after Rebecca Jones of Starke UK, found out she was going to have twin boys she was told one of the boys, Gabriel, had an enlarged heart and would die.

Doctors convinced her it would be better for him to die in utero where he had a twin brother, rather than be born, suffer and die alone. They also told the parents if Gabriel died it could cause Ieuan to die also.

She and her car salesman husband made the agonizing decision to let Gabriel die in utero and the doctors tried to cut Gabriel’s umbilical cord. The cord was too thick and it couldn’t be cut, so they went to plan B. Plan B was to cut the placenta so Gabriel would die and his twin brother Ieuan would live.

Something happened there too. Instead of getting smaller and weaker, Gabriel seemed to thrive in his own sac. As he got older in utero his heart became normal sized, he gained weight and, most of all he is alive today, weighing 12 lb. 6 oz. at the age of seven months.

He’s not as big as his brother, but they are both close, holding hands most of the time.

Here’s the baby who survived two abortion attempts:

The baby who would not die, Gabriel, is on the right and his brother Ieuan is on the left. Both are thriving.