A Texas twin saved her sister’s life by sending out distress signals prompting doctors to deliver them—and now they are both thriving.
Poppy McBride, 3, forced doctors to deliver her and her twin, Winnie, when her heart rate began to waver on the monitor at 31 weeks and 5 days.
But despite being the smaller of the twins, at 1 pound, 11 ounces, Poppy was perfectly healthy and nothing was wrong with her heart.
It was her sister, Winnie—born weighing 3 pounds, 8 ounces—who doctors hadn’t been concerned about during the pregnancy who was in trouble. She was born with underdeveloped lungs and was whisked to the intensive care unit….