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| A Shropshire woman is due to give birth to conjoined twins. | A Shropshire woman is due to give birth to conjoined twins. |
| Eighteen-year-old Laura Williams, from Shrewsbury, is being cared for at Birmingham Women's Hospital. | |
| Her unborn girls, already named Faith and Hope, are believed to be joined at the chest from their breastbone to their navel. They have separate hearts. | |
| Mrs Williams and her husband Aled, from Anglesey, expect the babies to be delivered by Caesarean section at a London hospital next week. | |
| Conjoined twins are rare and figures for them range from one in about every 200,000 births to one in about 400,000 live births. | Conjoined twins are rare and figures for them range from one in about every 200,000 births to one in about 400,000 live births. |
| Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyapova, from Russia, were the oldest known surviving conjoined twins. They died in April 2003 aged 53. | Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyapova, from Russia, were the oldest known surviving conjoined twins. They died in April 2003 aged 53. |
| A team of surgeons in Birmingham carried out a successful operation in 2001 to separate Eman and Sanchia Mowatt, who were joined at the spine. | A team of surgeons in Birmingham carried out a successful operation in 2001 to separate Eman and Sanchia Mowatt, who were joined at the spine. |
| The pair were sent home in time for Christmas to recover with their family in Birmingham. | The pair were sent home in time for Christmas to recover with their family in Birmingham. |