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Twin due to be medically terminated to save his brother’s life is born at 32 weeks on the day of the procedure - when his mother went into early labour and gave birth on the toilet

A twin who was due to be medically terminated to save his brother's life was born on the day of the procedure - in the toilet bowl.

Mother Corinne Rose, 30 from Southampton, suddenly went into labour and welcomed twin boys, Grayson and Neo Cattanach, while on the toilet at 32 weeks along.

Corinne was delighted to fall pregnant with the non-identical twins in July 2022 after fearing she couldn't have children.

But the amniotic sac for one of the twins, Neo, burst too soon and doctors told her that he wouldn't make it.

To give his twin, Grayson, a fighting chance, Corinne made the tough decision to undergo a medical termination for one of the boys.