Stephania and Rich De Mayo cradle their twin daughters, Natalia and Melania, in this undated photo. CNS photo
A CATHOLIC COUPLE in the United States have celebrated the “miraculous” birth of twin girls who doctors had advised they abort.
The births of Natalia and Melania De Mayo were the perfect ending to a touch-and-go pregnancy riddled with complications, and made medical history, as 29-year-old Stephania De Mayo became the first heart transplant recipient in the world to give birth to healthy twins.
Proud father Rich said his daughters, who were born a minute apart and six weeks premature, were “beautiful and perfect”, adding: “It’s a miracle they are here.”
The couple said they had trusted in God and rejected doctors who had advised aborting both babies early on. Later, during a serious complication, the couple refused one doctor’s recommendation to abort one baby to save the other.
Mr De Mayo said: “Abortion wasn’t an option; we had faith – something greater to believe in from what the doctors were telling us.” THE UNIVERSE
