How These Conjoined Twins Defied The Odds (Siamese Twins Documentary) |
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- Through in-depth interviews and exclusive footage, gain unique insight into the lives of those directly impacted by this rare condition - from dedicated surgeons to resilient conjoined twins themselves. Delving into the stories of various conjoined twins, both past and present, this eye-opening two-part series sheds light on their unique challenges and triumphs.
Follow the emotional journey of Allison and David Lawler, as they eagerly anticipate the arrival of their conjoined twin daughters. With the twins joined at the heart, witness the couple's heart-wrenching decisions and the daunting reality of slim chances for successful separation.
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What incredible young men that were separated.. the bond is insanely special 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽
The way they sat next to each other is so endearing. And sharing the same nightmares. Mind-blowing.
If anyone is interested there is a documentary on the girls from Russia. It is upsetting and disturbing how they were treated. We have a long way to go as people.
what is the doc title?
Russians are 200 years behind....
That's Russia for you.
Russia more so than others.
Masha and Dasha, wow, what a story. May they rest in peace! 🦋
This is from Wikipedia:
Death. Masha fell ill on 13 April 2003, complaining of back pain. She died of a heart attack the following day, seventeen hours after the onset of her symptoms. Dasha was taken to the First City Hospital and died seventeen hours later due to blood poisoning from the toxic byproducts of Masha's decomposing body.
The Lawlers seem like sweet, innocent people. I can understand being hopeful but they seemed naive in their confidence that it would all work out in the end. The situation is so deeply philosophical and spiritual. Love isn’t a rational thing and life is always unpredictable. I had a healthy child who died of cancer in young adulthood and it taught me that you just don’t know what will happen.
@kathyestes6577 You know there have been cases where Doctors have been wrong. Where they say a baby will not live till so many days or years and they end up living way past the Doctors prediction and are still alive. I don't think it was being naive at all. It is not an easy decision to abort and if they did, they would have lived with regret thinking did they do the right thing. They were not sweet, innocent people. They were human beings like all of us and if you were put in that situation, would it be easy for you to just make a decision just like that? So, if a couple decided to abort then they are not sweet and innocent? They are smart and wise?
@@demijour1234 We had a child in my family who was not expected to live very long after birth. She lived 15 years so I agree that doctors can be wrong. I just thought the degree to which this couple was optimistic seemed naive. It felt almost like it was hopeful beyond was realistic. But that is just my reaction. I think you took my comment differently than I intended it. Also I’m very old now so my perspective may be different due to so many years of life experience than it would have been years ago.
@@kathyestes6577 My apologies, if it seemed I came across harsh. It was not my intend. I am sorry in your family a child passed away so young and happy that they lived wonderful years with you proving the Doctors wrong. Life gives us so many unexpected hurdles and knowing what to do is not easy. Making the right choices or how to make them can get so complicated and so emotionally hard. Lots of love. 💕💕💕
They told me my failure to thrive son that was born missing some digestive enzymes and he is nonverbal autistic and developmental disabilities and is almost 32 . I was told that he probably would die and that if he lived he would have to be cared for like a baby for his entire life boy were they wrong. He feeds himself dresses himself brushes his teeth does most of his showers and shaving puts his clothes away and makes his bed.He’s a miracle and I would not stop working with him
@@lisajoyce6803 What a Beautiful story and to hear how Wonderful your son is doing. 💕💕💕
It was sad to discover that David and Allison's girls died shortly after birth. They seemed so ready to be the best parents possible to their girls. They'd done so much research into what might be best. It didn't seem as if the loss of both babies so shortly after birth was on their radar. I hope their marriage survived this and that they went on to have a child or children.
I'm only halfway through the episode, and I am so sad to read your comment. I was hoping for a miracle along with them. I noticed the sonogram was dated January 31, 2001 ... so they would have been 23 yo today. 😢 May 2024.
@@yonikki yes it's sad. Poor little girls didn't have a chance.
The title makes you think that their babies defied the odds and that they lived. So sad whenever they showed David (deep thinker) his wife almost had to snap him out of it a couple of times. I bet he was in so much deep thought about how they're going to look when they are born or if they're even going to make it WHEN this should be the happiest time of they're lives, excitement of having a baby!! I can't believe the babies died. I hope they are still married with children. Doesn't seem like her husband is the strong one out of them two.
If they had aborted the pregnancy they would have avoided the full heartbreak of the births and deaths.
Then perhaps had normal healthy children.
@@marie-michelleanderson2851 but they can live at peace with the knowledge they let God decide their babies' fate.
Losing twin babies at birth just made me so thankful that i had those few months with their tiny lives.
@susieormsby2471 How precious. 💞🫂
This documentary is a beautiful tribute to mothers, without even trying.
Seeing Josie & older daughter singing to the babies squealing w wiggly bodies & all 4 limbs wiggling & kicking was delightful!
im glad u had 6 yrs. you had beautiful daughters You gave them love to survive. you are a wonderful mother. Godbless❤❤❤
Thats so sad that the first siamese twins were spat on etc. People can be so cruel to what they dont understand.
Those smart handsome young men feel guilty about being separated and others weren’t so fortunate. They have empathy and will go far in their life.
Lovely boys and the mother was brave and did the right thing❤
I hope for the best for those boys . Very intelligent young men. they should hold their head high for sure💜 they are amazing
I cried for those little black girls. They were so beautiful and so sweet.
I felt for that poor woman who lost her daughters.
Me too.... she was such a loving mother.
Bless them two Russian ladies. How sad. People in this world can be so horrible to people less fortunate
Thanks for sharing the stories of these incredible people. ❤
These parents that lost their babies are the ones who deserve a baby!! Ive been watching so many mothers murdering their babies so sad how sometimes life works
You were personally there when someone murdered babies? Call the police!
@@melissapinol7279It is sad that the killing of unborn babies, also called abortion, is legal in so many places, that police cannot do anything even if you'd call them when you know a woman is going to the abortion clinic to have her baby boy or baby girl killed by a doctor.
I really do not think that people should name their twins- conjoined or not- with rhyming names that sound almost alike!!! people need their own separate identity.
Also I don't think that parents of twins should dress their twins in identical clothes- maybe once in awhile but not always. They should be treated as individuals!!!
The Russian ladies…..this is the first time I have heard a conjoined twin say “we prefer not to have born”. Usually you hear that they wouldn’t want to be separated. I’m sorry for their hard and painful lives.
Maybe ...the babies not surviving ...was a blessing in disguise....life is hard for "normal" people ...a disability like that ...cruel
Agreed.
It would've been much better to introduce this couple to the Hensell conjoined twins. They seem happy and well adjusted. Having a productive enjoyable life.
But the Hensell twins don't share a heart.
I saw them in of Rome Italy airport. It was so full and they are just adorable as you already know 😍
@@claudettecicora1192 Didn't one get married?
@@ruthkletke Yes one of them recently got married. Can't even imagine so if the other one meets somebody then what I'm not trying to be mean it's just hard to wrap my head around. Thank God it's not my business lol PS you can CZcams wedding photos of the hensel twins wedding
The Lawler’s aren’t talking about what happens if they cannot be separated, they seem unwilling to consider that option.
Wonderful story! God bless this family
So nice video,love this video❤️
Are the boys the same of twins featured on Katie & Eilish's documentary? If so, it's so good to see them later on
Conjoined twins that share a heart never survive. The heart can't keep up with both conjoined twins. Its too hard and too much on the heart. No conjoined twins that shared a heart have ever survived. That's why the babies didn't survive. Other conjoined twins survive because they have separate hearts and other organs helping the organs to keep up with both twins. The hearts are able to pump enough to keep both twins alive.
i could never sacrafice 1 for the other.
This was from 2001. You can see what happens if you Google the parents names
I tried, but didn’t get anywhere with it.
The girls died shortly after birth.
@@MrSirDudeGuy They died 30 min. after birth.
@@karenrichardson6767 Thanks for the info
@@karenrichardson6767w😢W, thanks for updating us. That’s too bad 🙏🏼
I'm not saying that it's good that the twins died, but at least the parents didn't become emotionally attached to the twins if they end up surviving for months.
Those poor women. I wish I could be there friend.
I was just thinking the same thing. I would be their friend. It's absolutely disgusting that people spit in them like wtf😔
I find it hard to agree bringing conjoined twins in the world when you know in advance. I wouldn’t want to subject them to surgeries that are so life threatening.
The Lawler conjoined twins died within half an hour of their birth.
No.. 🥺
According to Google both babies died a few hours after birth. Sad.
Yeah, I don't think only one would die.
"medical science is not perfect" but we're going to rely on medical science to save the babies once they're born, cos we dont trust them before birth but have complete faith in them after birth to save the day.
What choice did they have?
How does the two male black children live with them only having 1 liver before separation? I know parts of it can regrow itself over time, or even repair damage to itself but that would be minimum 50% left of a liver for one child assuming it was split in half? That is amazing, especially seeing them play in the Gym and needing to be on separate teams or else they'd always win lol.
livers can completely regrow. That is why they can be living donored to a needy recipient.the donorliver regrows in both people.
Part 2?
They died within half an hour after their birth.
How do you know?
@@BlackeBird www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1121413/
@@BlackeBirdgoogle
That’s sad the conjoined twins said they preferred not to be born. They are a beautiful gift from God!!!
God was cruel to them, if a god exists.
If deformity was beautiful, it wouldn’t scare children
Gift from God! What kind of God does that?
What beautiful stories. I was a bit disappointed at the end because I wanted to see those babies that were conjoined by the heart after they were cleaned up, but that never happened. You just see the mom getting the c-section and a head and I wasn't expecting that.I wonder if they are still alive or if they passed away. This is going to be on my mind for a while.
They died a few hours after birth.
I've found at least 3 different sets of conjoined twins with the last name Lawler?
That dad looks 55 😂😂😂
BEAUTIFUL ' MOM AND TWIN BOYS, BEAUTIFUL SKIN', GOD' BLESS YOUR FAMILY WITH STRENGHT, WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE, MAY GOD' GIVE YOU BOTH A PROSPER LIFE, 🙏🏼💜💜💗,
No wonder they became alcoholics. These poor women. The suffering
VERY INTELLIGENT YOUNG MEN,
Seems most people in Russia drink too much- so dang cold
Is there a part 2?
Is there a second part?
Where part 2
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Handsome young men!
does no-one at the early stage ever say 'too hard'?
They should determine whether or not separation is possible early in the pregnancy. If it's not, the humane thing is to abort. Nobody should have to live chained to another person. Also if one of an unseparateable set doesn't want to live, they shouldn't have to. The surgery should be done and the other twin saved.
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The twins girls there very beautiful women’s! Hope there doing well
They died a few hours after birth.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
How old is this video?
2:29
Maybe these women possess more Testastaron!
God help them all
Clickbait. No conclusion. I will never know.
They died 1/2 an hour after birth apparently.
It is an accurate description as to the content; "these twins" included many other sets of twins than the one featured who did and still are defying the odds.
💙🫂🙏🫂💙
God never makes mistakes
Smh.
The black boys look so sad.
They are having major anxiety dreams. I feel so bad for them. I hope they can sleep in peace.
Lots of denial.
Kinda messed up having conjoined twins.
There’s a certain procedure that can stop it.
Our own potter is God…& love❤ is God..
I mustache you a question...
What did the parents live near ?
Could it have been a nu cl ear pow er pI ant ?
18:50 it’s random
They lived near Springvale and just down the road from Megaton is what Google told me.
Very cruel to even have them come alive like this. This is one of those cases that аьоrtion was intended for.
I agree. Parents should put the children first and think how miserable their life would be.
It's not cruel. They let nature take it's course.
@@krystinaland4137 it’s cruel, you’re willing to have your child have a lifetime of pain and struggle when you could’ve simply spared the soul from suffering. It’s literally the definition of sadistic
We’re not talking about sum smaller like a missing finger here
@@user-10021 you act as if God can't help someone get through life. We don't get to decide what "good quality of life" is and who lives and who dies. Some of the happiest people are people with severe disabilities. All that family did was allow nature to decide and nature decided the babies would not survive. I'd rather nature decide then I take matters into my own hands and I truly don't know the outcome.
That's not for you to say! Indeed, it is not the parent's choice. There are many conjoined twins who either separated or still conjoined, have stated that they are happy to be alive and to be conjoined. Just because you can't comprehend a situation doesn't give you the right to judge it. Especially someone's life and if they have the right to live it!
What did the parents eat ?
In simple terms, Conjoined twins are made when one embryo separating into two does not split at the exact moment it is supposed to. There is nothing one can do or can not do to prevent this!
I WOULD HAVE TO SEPARATE ONE GIRL I GOT TO GIVE A CHANCE IN LIFE, NOT LOSING BOTH' WITHOUT THE SURGERY, GIVE ONE OF THEM LIFE,
THE OTHER DIDNT WANT TO BE BORN, TO GO THROUGH STARES TALKS, NAME CALLING, YES,
WOULDNT EXPLAINE NOTHING TO CLASS MATES,
Everything about these sets of twins are remarkable even their very existence. & god has a way when it seems like there's no way i assure you their existence helps science deal with future examples that may save others lives as well
wow
CUTE BLACK BOYS,