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Margo, 43, and Ian Sheldon, 50, from Jasper, Alberta, suffered six losses before welcoming Sofia and Austin, 22 months after Margo fell pregnant naturally the same time as surrogate.
Two babies out of an -- >> three. >> you are hearing bombs go off. tell me what you did. >> well, there were actually three. there was also baby sofia, who is a british premature baby. it was a trifecta. there was a third. ukraine is an active war zone. all the terrible things that happen in active war zones are present. we stopped at two different hospitals. one to get the two boys and another to get baby sofia. at both, we could hear and feel russian artillery landing in the city. during the opening minutes of the rescue, there was active conflict. then it was a 14-hour drive from
BBC News Published image copyrightNHS Lanarkshire image captionWhen Sofia was born she weighed just 500g (1.1lb) and could fit in her mother's hand A baby who weighed no more than a loaf of bread and whose skin was transparent when she was born four months early, has finally been allowed to go home. Believed to be one of Scotland's youngest surviving premature babies, Sofia Viktoria Birina was born at just 22 weeks and four days. She was given a 10% chance of survival during labour and even less chance of surviving after that. But she has now thrived enough to leave her special care baby unit...