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An operation to separate conjoined twin girls is being carried out at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.An operation to separate conjoined twin girls is being carried out at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.
Laura Williams, 18, from Shrewsbury, gave birth to the girls, Faith and Hope, last Wednesday.Laura Williams, 18, from Shrewsbury, gave birth to the girls, Faith and Hope, last Wednesday.
The girls are joined from their breastbone to their navel, sharing a liver but having separate hearts.The girls are joined from their breastbone to their navel, sharing a liver but having separate hearts.
The operation was due to take place later in the week but was brought forward after some concerns developed on Monday night. The operation was due to take place later in the week but was brought forward after concerns developed on Monday night, the hospital said.
Mrs Williams and her husband Aled, from Anglesey, were advised by doctors to have an abortion but they refused. Family's decision
Earlier, she said seeing her babies for the first time was beautiful. A Great Ormond Street Hospital spokeswoman said: "The separation of conjoined twins Faith and Hope Williams has been brought forward and is currently taking place, after some concerns developed last night.
"Obviously, the final decision about separation surgery was made by the family."
The spokeswoman added that Laura and her husband Aled wanted to thank all the hospitals involved in their care.
"In particular, the surgeons and other staff who are currently in surgery conducting the separation," she added.
Mrs Williams made medical history by becoming the world's youngest mother of conjoined twins.
She gave birth to her daughters at University College Hospital in London and said afterwards that seeing her babies for the first time had been beautiful.
Mrs Williams and her husband Aled, from Anglesey, had been advised by doctors to have an abortion but they refused.