Ms White said the birth was traumatic and she did not see her girls when they were first born.

They were quickly placed in incubators and swaddled in polythene wrapping to act like a womb and regulate their body temperature.

The first 72 hours of the babies' lives were the most critical and they each had to breathe independently for 10 seconds before doctors could intervene to provide them with oxygen.

"The NICU journey on its own, any parent who has been through it, whether it's been two days or, as we were 216 days, it's one of the hardest journeys you'll go through," Mr Hopkins said. การเล่นบาคาร่า