The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA hospital consultant from the West Midlands who fell ill with Covid-19 while pregnant with twins has said it’s a "miracle" both children were born safe and well.
Perpetual Uke was six months pregnant when she fell seriously ill with Covid and was forced into a coma at Birmingham City Hospital.
She woke up 16 days later to find her baby bump gone and felt "terrified" as she thought the twins had died. In reality, doctors had performed a caesarean on Perpetual and both Sochika Palmer and Osinachi Pascal were born at just 26 weeks.Palmer weighed just 770g while her brother, Pascal, weighed 850g.Both twins spent their first few months.